Title : Progress in diagnosis and treatment in elderly patients with tuberculosis obstructive pulmonary disease

Abstract:

The obstructive pulmonary disease tuberculosis B (tuberculosis obstructive pulmonary called TOPD disease) in elderly patients with tuberculosis is a common and early prevention and treatment, the latter to irreversible persistent airflow limitation and accompanied by chronic airway inflammation, progressive misdiagnosed, TOPD patients are mostly male, 52% for nonsmokers, the incidence characteristics of TOPD has two kinds of disease, TOPD patients than in COPD patients more susceptible to hemoptysis, and its FVC value and lower FEV1/FEV value; and TOPD for the poor response to bronchodilator, airflow limitation in patients with TOPD irreversible airway resistance increased, accompanied by stronger airflow limitation; TOPD patients are not associated with airflow limitation were more susceptible to acute exacerbation. The diagnosis should be based on the history of high risk factors, clinical symptoms and signs, laboratory tests, and other comprehensive analysis and diagnosis of the data. AIDU

Biography:

Dr. Cao Li graduated from the Medical Department of Qingdao Medical College in 1989 and joined the Third Hospital of Peking University in 2003. Her team was led by Professor Sun Yongchang and she obtained a master's degree from Peking University School of MedicineI was assigned to the tuberculosis infection center in the internal medicine department of Beijing Chest Hospital. In 2010, she graduated with a PhD from Capital Medical University and have been working in the tuberculosis center and infection department at Beijing Geriatric Hospital, the director of the Infection Department and the Tuberculosis Center led the team to handle some work related to tuberculosis. In 2009, we were promoted to professor and chief physician, and we published over 50 articles on IC and other topics