Spirometry results after treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis: comparison between patients with and without previous lung disease: a multicenter study.
Eliane Viana MancuzoEduardo Martins NettoNara SulmonettVanessa de Souza VianaJulio Henrique da Rosa CrodaAfrânio Lineu KritskiFernanda Carvalho de Queiroz MelloSimone de Souza Elias NihuesKaren Rosas Sodre AzevedoSilvana Spindola de MirandaPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2020)
Impaired pulmonary function is common after treatment for PTB, regardless of the history of lung disease or smoking. Spirometry should be suggested for patients who develop moderate/severe dyspnea or relevant radiological changes after treatment for PTB.