Cause of death in patients admitted to hospital for pulmonary tuberculosis.
Study of hospital case-notes and necropsy reports of 60 patients certified as dying from tuberculosis over 7 years identified a group of 16 patients (27%) who died suddenly and unexpectedly and in whom the cause of death was obscure. In 14 of the 16 death followed initiation of antituberculous chemotherapy.
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000009:adverse effects; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D003644:Death Certificates; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality*
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000995:Antitubercular Agents