title: [Causes of death of patients with tuberculosis].
abstract: The authors analyzed 310 case histories of patients who had died from tuberculosis. The factors predisposing to death were shown to be poor social being, bad habits, severe tuberculosis, and concomitant diseases. Among them there were prevalent fibrocavernous or disseminated tuberculosis that was complicated by the development of caseous pneumonia in every four patients. The main causes of death were progressive tuberculosis (52.7%), cardiopulmonary failure (26.9%). Generalized tuberculosis was responsible for death in 6% of the patients.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Koretskaia
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Gorlo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality