Diagnostic and Therapeutic Problems of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Elderly Patients doc
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Problems of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Elderly Patients doc
... diagnosis of TB in the elderly. A positive spu-tum AFB smear was obtained in 57.1% of elderly and in 57.5% of young TB patients, and a positive AFB culture was ob-tained in 70.6% of the elderly and ... Academy of Medical Sciences Diagnostic and Therapeutic Problems of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Elderly Patients To identify differences in the clinical, radiologic, and microbiologic features of pul-monary ... Underlying diseases of the young and the elderly pul-monary tuberculosis patients Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Elderly 787Underlying diseasesResults are shown in Table 3. The number of active...
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Classification and regression tree (CART) model to predict pulmonary tuberculosis in hospitalized patients docx
... theTable 1 Description of x-ray findingsX-ray finding DescriptionSuggestive Infiltrate or cavities in one of more segments of superior lobes and/ or superior segments of lower pulmonary lobes,miliary ... Classification and regression tree model for predicting pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in hospitalized patients. The number of patients (n) and the probability of TB (p) are given inside each node. Terminal ... described as important for prediction of TB in RJC patients [28,29]. In our model, a cutoff of 30 years of age was important for discriminating TB, par-ticularly in patients with atypical chest X-Ray...
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RKesneaorcwh arlteiclde ge and perception of pulmonary tuberculosis in pastoral communities in the middle and Lower Awash Valley of Afar region, Ethiopia docx
... 10 of 11should be taken into account in community-based healtheducation pertaining to TB intervention.HIV/AIDS is known to play a major role in increasingthe burden of TB [5]. Very few individuals ... studiedconsidered the role of HIV/AIDS as a risk factor in PTBdevelopment. On the other hand, our study of communi-ties underlined that shortage of food and the habit of using khat and smoking as major risk ... seeking and perceived causes of tuberculosis among patients in Manila. J Trop Med Int Health 2000, 5:648-56.12. Yimer S, Bjune G, Alene G: Diagnostic and Treatment delay among pulmonary tuberculosis...
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PROBLEMS IN ESTIMATING THE BURDEN OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN INDIA: A REVIEW pot
... Journal of Tuberculosis ESTIMATING THE BURDEN OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN INDIA 195 Table 1 : Prevalence of tuberculosis in India according to screening tools used10 Survey Period of ... taken into cognisance the findings of most of the surveys wherein X-ray was the initial screening tool. They had chosen to ignore the findings of surveys, wherein the initial screening was ... of the findings of its own studies in respect of additional yield of 37% of the culture positive cases by multiple sputum examination, and the likely fact of a confirmation of only 22% of...
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Factors affecting delays in diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in a tertiary care hospital in Istanbul, Turkey pptx
... theonset of symptoms and initiation of treatment in our patients. These delays included patient delay, institu-tional delay, diagnostic delay, and delay in the treat-ment. Both patient and institutional ... symptoms to initiation of treatment. Because untreated smear-positive patients arethe main sources of infection, delays in the diagnosis and treatment of these patients increase the risk of diseasetransmission ... diagnosis and start of effective treatment of tuberculosis patients result in aprolonged period of infectivity in the community and health care workers [7–9]. These delays have been noted in both...
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Evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults doc
... common in HIV-infected patients and leads to diagnostic delay. This algorithm allowed for earlier initiation of TB treatment in HIV-infected patients presenting with symptoms of PTB and negative ... be initiated. Clinicians working in Khayelitsha found that difficulty making the diagnosis of TB in HIV-infected people when following these protocols led to delays in the initiation of TB ... radiographs11,12 and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is more common in the context of HIV infection.13 This diagnostic delay also results in increased hospitalisation and increased costs...
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Tài liệu Manifestations of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Elderly: A Prospective Observational Study from North India pptx
... withageing and hence must be kept in mind during the diagnostic evaluation of elderly patients. 11Several findings of the current study are in accordance with the results of this meta-analysis. In ... groups.DISCUSSION Tuberculosis is becoming increasingly common in the elderly and burden of the disease in them is likely tocontinue to increase substantially.3,4 Moreover, withincreasing age, a state of ... from North IndiaDheeraj Gupta1, Navneet Singh1, Ravinder Kumar2 and Surinder K. Jindal1Departments of Pulmonary Medicine1 and Internal Medicine2, Post Graduate Institute of Medical...
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R"eCseoarcuh garthicl eofficer screening" improves detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in hospital in-patients pptx
... system.There were 42 patients (17 in the internal medicinedepartment, 4 in the surgical department, and 21 in theICU) in stage I, and 12 patients (all in the internal medi-cine department) in stage II. ... coughing. All coughofficers received training in our department of infectiousdisease control with regard to methods for questioning patients, and for recording cough conditions and dura-tion in ... patients admitted to the ICU and paediatrics departments after completion of Stage I. Byexcluding the TB patients in the ICU, we found that 81% and 100% of TB patients in the Internal Medicine...
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Radiologic findings of pulmonary tuberculosis in adolescents docx
... notifi-cations (individual investigation sheet of the Ministry of Health) of all adolescents living in the cities of Manaus and Salvador, diag-nosed with TB and notified to the Brazilian Ministry of Health, ... emphasizing the importance of imaging diagnosis in health care services in Brazil.Radiologic patterns of pulmonary TB allow us to in- fer several aspects of the pathogenesis and clinical picture of ... 36.44/100,000 inhabitants in the city of Salvador and from 70.12 to 45.65/100,000 inhabit-ants in the city of Manaus.7The present study showed a predominance of character-istic lesions of re-infection...
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