1. Assessment of lung function in successfully treated tuberculosis reveals high burden of ventilatory defects and COPD.
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Gupte, Akshay N., Paradkar, Mandar, Selvaraju, Sriram, Thiruvengadam, Kannan, Shivakumar, Shri Vijay Bala Yogendra, Sekar, Krithikaa, Marinaik, Srinivasa, Momin, Ayesha, Gaikwad, Archana, Natrajan, Premkumar, Prithivi, Munivardhan, Shivaramakrishnan, Gomathy, Pradhan, Neeta, Kohli, Rewa, Raskar, Swapnil, Jain, Divyashri, Velu, Rani, Karthavarayan, Bharath, Lokhande, Rahul, and Suryavanshi, Nishi
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TUBERCULOSIS , *OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases , *INHALERS , *THERAPEUTICS , *PULMONARY function tests , *LUNG disease treatment - Abstract
Background: Burden, phenotype and risk-factors of lung function defects in successfully treated tuberculosis cases are unclear. Methods: We performed spirometry with bronchodilators in new drug-sensitive adult (≥18 years) pulmonary tuberculosis cases during the 12 months following successful treatment in India. Airflow obstruction was defined as pre-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC<5th percentile of Global Lung Initiative mixed-ethnicity reference (lower limit of normal [LLN]). Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was defined as post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC
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- 2019
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