![](/images/graphics-bg.png)
Severe Tuberculosis Requiring Intensive Care: A Descriptive Analysis
المؤلفون المشاركون
Duro, Raquel Pacheco
Figueiredo Dias, Paulo
Ferreira, Alcina Azevedo
Xerinda, Sandra Margarida
Lima Alves, Carlos
Sarmento, António Carlos
Santos, Lurdes Campos dos
المصدر
Critical Care Research and Practice
العدد
المجلد 2017، العدد 2017 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2017)، ص ص. 1-9، 9ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2017-01-30
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
9
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Background.
This study aims to describe the characteristics of tuberculosis (TB) patients requiring intensive care and to determine the in-hospital mortality and the associated predictive factors.
Methods.
Retrospective cohort study of all TB patients admitted to the ICU of the Infectious Diseases Department of Centro Hospitalar de São João (Porto, Portugal) between January 2007 and July 2014.
Comorbid diagnoses, clinical features, radiological and laboratory investigations, and outcomes were reviewed.
Univariate analysis was performed to identify risk factors for death.
Results.
We included 39 patients: median age was 52.0 years and 74.4% were male.
Twenty-one patients (53.8%) died during hospital stay (15 in the ICU).
The diagnosis of isolated pulmonary TB, a positive smear for acid-fast-bacilli and a positive PCR for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients of pulmonary disease, severe sepsis/septic shock, acute renal failure and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome on admission, the need for mechanical ventilation or vasopressor support, hospital acquired infection, use of adjunctive corticotherapy, smoking, and alcohol abuse were significantly associated with mortality (p<0.05).
Conclusion.
This cohort of TB patients requiring intensive care presented a high mortality rate.
Most risk factors for mortality were related to organ failure, but others could be attributed to delay in the diagnostic and therapeutic approach, important targets for intervention.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Duro, Raquel Pacheco& Figueiredo Dias, Paulo& Ferreira, Alcina Azevedo& Xerinda, Sandra Margarida& Lima Alves, Carlos& Sarmento, António Carlos…[et al.]. 2017. Severe Tuberculosis Requiring Intensive Care: A Descriptive Analysis. Critical Care Research and Practice،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1139819
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Duro, Raquel Pacheco…[et al.]. Severe Tuberculosis Requiring Intensive Care: A Descriptive Analysis. Critical Care Research and Practice No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1139819
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Duro, Raquel Pacheco& Figueiredo Dias, Paulo& Ferreira, Alcina Azevedo& Xerinda, Sandra Margarida& Lima Alves, Carlos& Sarmento, António Carlos…[et al.]. Severe Tuberculosis Requiring Intensive Care: A Descriptive Analysis. Critical Care Research and Practice. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1139819
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1139819
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
![](/images/ebook-kashef.png)
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر
![](/images/kashef-image.png)