A hospital based audit of tuberculosis deaths

Autor:	L N, Hooi, K Y, Goh
Rok vydání:	1995
Předmět:	Adult Male Medical Audit Age Distribution Cause of Death Humans Tuberculosis Female Middle Aged Death Certificates Aged
Zdroj:	The Medical journal of Malaysia. 50(4)
ISSN:	0300-5283
Popis:	An audit was done on 54 tuberculosis patients presenting to Penang Hospital who died during 1993. Active tuberculosis was the cause of death in 29 (53.7%) and 48.3% were aged under 50 years. Tuberculosis was a contributory cause of death in 8 patients and in 17 patients tuberculosis was irrelevant to the cause of death. The diagnosis of tuberculosis was made after death in 17 patients (31.5%). Late diagnosis was the most important factor resulting in death. Only 41.4% of the deaths from active tuberculosis were correctly certified in government hospitals. Medically inspected and certified deaths from tuberculosis is an unreliable indicator of tuberculosis mortality because of inaccuracies in death certification, tuberculosis deaths occurring outside hospital and tuberculosis patients undiagnosed until after death.
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