Severe Tuberculosis Requiring Intensive Care: A Descriptive Analysis
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Severe Tuberculosis Requiring Intensive Care: A Descriptive Analysis
Background. This study aims to describe the characteristics of tuberculosis (TB) patients requiring intensive care and to determine the in-hospital mortality and the associated predictive factors. Methods. Retrospective cohort study of all TB patients admitted to the ICU of the Infectious Diseases Department of Centro Hospitalar de São João (Porto, Portugal) between January 2007 and July 2014. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Critical Care Research and Practice
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2090-1305,2090-1313
DOI: 10.1155/2017/9535463