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Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality among Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
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- A systematic review of risk factors for mortality among tuberculosis patients in South Africa.Systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
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- A predictive score for early in-patient tuberculosis mortality: A case-control study.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2024Article
- Predictors of mortality and survival probability distribution among patients on tuberculosis treatment in Vihiga County, Kenya.African health sciences · 2023Article
- Impact of on-site Xpert on TB diagnosis and mortality trends in Uganda.Public health action · 2022Article
- Differences in CT imaging signs between patients with tuberculosis and those with tuberculosis and concurrent lung cancer.American journal of translational research · 2022Article
- Risk Factors for Poor Outcomes Among Patients with Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB): A Scoping Review.Infection and drug resistance · 2021Article
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- Trends of tuberculosis case detection, mortality and co-infection with HIV in Ghana: A retrospective cohort study.PloS one · 2020Article
- A mortality review of adult inpatients with tuberculosis in Mendi, Papua New Guinea.Public health action · 2019Article
- Basic and Descriptive Spectrum of Tuberculosis in a Large Cohort of Hospitalized Patients.Current health sciences journalArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThere is uncertainty regarding which factors are associated with in-hospital mortality among patients with pulmonary TB (PTB). The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to identify predictors of in-hospital mortality among patients with PTB.
methodsWe searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Global Health, for cohort and case-control studies that reported risk factors for in-hospital mortality in PTB. We pooled all factors that were assessed for an association, and presented relative associations as pooled odds ratios (ORs).
resultsWe identified 2,969 records, of which we retrieved 51 in full text; 11 cohort studies that evaluated 5,468 patients proved eligible. Moderate quality evidence suggested an association with co-morbid malignancy and in-hospital mortality (OR 1.85; 95% CI 1.01-3.40). Low quality evidence showed no association with positive sputum smear (OR 0.99; 95% CI 0.40-2.48), or male sex (OR 1.09, 95% CI 0.84-1.41), and very low quality evidence showed no association with diabetes mellitus (OR 1.31, 95% IC 0.38-4.46), and previous TB infection (OR 2.66, 95% CI 0.48-14.87).
conclusionCo-morbid malignancy was associated with increased risk of in-hospital death among pulmonary TB patients. There is insufficient evidence to confirm positive sputum smear, male sex, diabetes mellitus, and previous TB infection as predictors of in-hospital mortality in TB patients.
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