Article,
Factors Predicting Mortality in Pulmonary Tuberculosis
CENTRAL ASIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES, (2022)
Abstract
According to official statistics, destructive pulmonary tuberculosis was diagnosed in 13.4% of newly diagnosed patients.Children and 37.3% of adolescents. Proportion of bacteria excretors was 4.6% among children and 26.9% among adolescents. This study aimed to analyse the predictors of mortality in hospitalized pulmonary TB patients with acute respiratory failure. This prospective cohort study was implemented in a tertiary hospital in Bukhara. Demographic data, acid-fast bacilli (AFB) sputum smear, radiographic conclusion, biochemical analysis of blood,and clinical outcomes from active pulmonary TB patients who had acute respiratory failure were collected. A chisquare test was run to analyse the relationship between variables.
