Open Access<p>Performance of Multidimensional Severity Scoring Systems in Patients with Post‐Tuberculosis Bronchiectasis</p>
Author(s) -
Abdullah Alharbi,
Majed Alghamdi,
Mohammad Khan,
Sulaiman Al-Rajhi,
Hamdan Al-Jahdali
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s261797
Subject(s) - bronchiectasis , medicine , exacerbation , etiology , tuberculosis , prospective cohort study , severity of illness , pediatrics , lung , pathology
The aim of this study was to assess the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with post-tuberculosis (post-TB) bronchiectasis. We also evaluated the performance of various multidimensional severity score systems to predict mortality, future exacerbation, and hospitalization.