[Pneumological consultation practice in an anti-tuberculosis dispensary]

The authors present six years experience in connection with the diagnosis and the medical assistance of non-tuberculous broncho-pneumopathies in an anti-tuberculous dispensary. The data presented include 3600 cases with various diseases of which acute pneumopathies represent 11%, chronic bronchitis 14%, and broncho-pulmonary suppurations 9%. It is estimated that such an office of pneumological consultations within an anti-tuberculous dispensary is efficient and can, in the majority of the cases, make a correct diagnosis and provide corresponding dispensarization. This is conditioned by the existence of a nucleus for radiological, bacteriological and functional investigation.