title: [Thanatogenesis of respiratory tuberculosis under the present conditions].
abstract: Autoptic findings of 120 patients with respiratory tuberculosis indicate that under the present-day conditions, the prevalent cause of death was a progressive tuberculous process as caseous pneumonia (89% of cases), which is much higher than our previous findings (42.9% in 1989 versus 66.% in 1994). Caseous pneumonia chiefly resulted from fibrous-cavernous tuberculosis, less frequently from an independent entity or manifestations of disseminated tuberculosis. Fibrous-cavernous tuberculosis, the major clinical form in the deceased, was frequently associated with specific involvement of intrathoracic lymph nodes (10.8% of cases) and also complicated by the hematogenic generalization of the process (6.7%) and specific pericarditis (5.0%). Progressive tuberculosis resulted in its later detection in a third of cases and irregular treatment in two thirds.
authors.affiliation: Medical Academy, Kemerovo.
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Kobeleva
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Kopylova
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Tanatogenez tuberkuloza organov dykhaniia v sovremennykh usloviiakh.