ArticlePublic health action2019
A mortality review of adult inpatients with tuberculosis in Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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- Predictors of tuberculosis mortality among patients on treatment: A retrospective cohort study at a rural general hospital in Zambia.PloS one · 2026Article
- A predictive score for early in-patient tuberculosis mortality: A case-control study.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2024Article
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Abstract
settingMendi Provincial Hospital, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG).
backgroundPNG is a high burden country for tuberculosis (TB) and TB-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). TB is the second most common cause of death in PNG.
objectiveTo identify the number of adult inpatients with TB who died between 1 January 2015 and 30 August 2017; describe these patients' characteristics and identify contributing factors that could be modified.
designThis was a retrospective case series review.
resultsAmong 905 inpatients with TB during the study period, there were 90 deaths. The patients who died were older than those who survived (median age 40 years vs. 32 years,
conclusionThis study highlights areas where community and hospital-based management of TB could be improved to potentially reduce TB mortality, including earlier detection and treatment, improved bacteriological diagnosis and increased HIV testing.
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