Open AccessTuberculosis in the Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Descriptive Cohort Study with Determination of a Predictive Fatality Score
Author(s) -
Sandrine Valade,
Laurent Raskine,
Mounir Aout,
Isabelle Malissin,
P Brun,
Nicolas Deye,
Frédéric J. Baud,
Bruno Mégarbane
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-1493
pISSN - 1712-9532
DOI - 10.1155/2012/361292
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , intensive care unit , miliary tuberculosis , retrospective cohort study , mechanical ventilation , multivariate analysis , case fatality rate , epidemiology , pathology
Despite effective treatments, tuberculosis-related mortality remains high among patients requiring admission to the intensive care unit (ICU).
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