Impairment of pulmonary function as a main risk factor for ineffective endobronchial valve placement in patients with chronic cavitary tuberculosis

Conclusion: Low pulmonary function is one of the main risk factors for ineffective EBV placement in patients with tuberculosis. Other factors for ineffective EBV placement may be MDR-TB and more than two blocked segments during the procedure.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - October 28, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Chushkin, M., Popova, L., Shergina, E., Lovacheva, O., Shabalina, I., Bagdasaryan, T., Chernykh, N., Krasnikova, E., Gordeeva, O., Karpina, N. Tags: Interventional pulmonology Source Type: research