J Bras Pneumol. 2009 Oct;35(10):1018-48. doi: 10.1590/s1806-37132009001000011.
New scientific articles about tuberculosis (TB) are published daily worldwide. However, it is difficult for health care workers, overloaded with work, to stay abreast of the latest research findings and to discern which information can and should be used in their daily practice on assisting TB patients. The purpose of the III Brazilian Thoracic Association (BTA) Guidelines on TB is to critically review the most recent national and international scientific information on TB, presenting an updated text with the most current and useful tools against TB to health care workers in our country. The III BTA Guidelines on TB have been developed by the BTA Committee on TB and the TB Work Group, based on the text of the II BTA Guidelines on TB (2004). We reviewed the following databases: LILACS (SciELO) and PubMed (Medline). The level of evidence of the cited articles was determined, and 24 recommendations on TB have been evaluated, discussed by all of the members of the BTA Committee on TB and of the TB Work Group, and highlighted. The first version of the present Guidelines was posted on the BTA website and was available for public consultation for three weeks. Comments and critiques were evaluated. The level of scientific evidence of each reference was evaluated before its acceptance for use in the final text.
全球每天都会发表新的结核病 (TB) 科学文章。然而，工作负荷过重的医护人员很难跟上最新的研究发现，并辨别出哪些信息可以且应该用于协助 TB 患者的日常实践。制定第三版巴西胸科协会 (BTA) 结核病指南的目的是批判性地审查 TB 方面的最新国家和国际科学信息，为我国的医护人员提供一份更新的、包含最及时和最有用的 TB 防治工具的最新文本。第三版 BTA 结核病指南由 BTA 结核病委员会和结核病工作组制定，以第二版 BTA 结核病指南 (2004 年) 的文本为基础。我们查阅了以下数据库：LILACS（SciELO）和 PubMed（Medline）。我们对引用文章的证据水平进行了评估，并对 24 项 TB 建议进行了评估，由 BTA 结核病委员会和结核病工作组的所有成员进行了讨论，并予以强调。本指南的第一版发布在 BTA 网站上，供公众咨询三周。对收到的评论和意见进行了评估。在接受最终文本使用之前，我们对每个参考文献的科学证据水平进行了评估。
