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 t...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20

... the Table 1 Description of x-ray findings X-ray finding Description Suggestive 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 o...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20

... 10 of 11 should be taken into account in community-based health education pertaining to TB intervention. HIV/AIDS is known to play a major role in increasing the burden of TB [5]. Very few individuals ... studied considered the role of HIV/AIDS as a risk factor in PTB development. On the other hand, our study of communi- ties underlined that shortage of food and the habit o...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20

... Journal of Tuberculosis ESTIMATING THE BURDEN OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN INDIA 195 Table 1 : Prevalence of tuberculosis in India according to screening tools used 10 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 th...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20

... the onset 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 are the main sources of infection, delays in the diagnosis and treatment of t...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20

... 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 i...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20

... with ageing and hence must be kept in mind during the diagnostic evaluation of elderly patients. 11 Several 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 to continue to increase substantially...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 13:20

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 13:20

... system. There were 42 patients (17 in the internal medicine department, 4 in the surgical department, and 21 in the ICU) in stage I, and 12 patients (all in the internal medi- cine department) in stage II. ... coughing. All cough officers received training in our department of infectious disease control with regard to methods for questioning patients, and for record...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20

... 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 aspec...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20