[Errors in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in general hospitals].
Ninety-six lethal cases of tuberculosis overlooked in general hospitals of Minsk in 1983-1989 have been analyzed clinicopathologically. The examination in general hospitals provided intravital diagnosis of tuberculosis in 18% of the cases only. The largest proportion of the overlooked cases related to disseminated tuberculosis (69.0 +/- 4.7%). Extrapulmonary tuberculosis and caseous pneumonia are also often missed in general institutions. Low detection of tuberculosis is attributed to incompetence of the internists in reading roentgenograms, inadequate phthisiatric alarm, incomplete x-ray and bacteriological examinations, especially of patients at risk for tuberculosis.
Surkova
L K
LK
Dius'mikeeva
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MI
Puchkov
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AF
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010337:Pathology Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011859:Radiography; D002094:Republic of Belarus / Q000453:epidemiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology
Oshibki v vyiavlenii tuberkuleza v lechebnykh uchrezhdeniiakh obshcheĭ seti.