Informative value of esophageal probing method for assessment of respiratory mechanics parameters in lung tuberculosis patients

Abstract

To evaluate respiratory mechanics parameters 78 lung tuberculosis patients were examined. Patients with acute infiltrative tuberculosis predominated. The study design included the flow — volume loop, the bodyplethysmography, the static and dynamic compliance. Ventilation disorders were absent in 25 (32.1%) patients, the insulated obstruction was in 25 (32.1%) patients, the insulated restriction was in 4 (5.1%) patients and combined obstructive and restrictive disorders were in 24 (30.2%) patients. Lung function disturbances were registered in local (50%) and diffuse (62 to 71%) tuberculosis forms as well. A severity of the ventilation disorders depended on a spread, duration and a form of the lung tuberculosis. Changes in the static and dynamic lung compliance were different and due to pleural-and-pulmonary adhesions at the upper segments of the lungs, severity of the ventilation disorders and a spread of the pathological process.