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Time to death and risk factors among tuberculosis patients in Northern Ethiopia
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Asgedom, SW and Tesfaye, D and Nirayo, YL and Atey, TM, Time to death and risk factors among tuberculosis patients in Northern Ethiopia, BMC Research Notes, 11 pp. 1-6. ISSN 1756-0500 (2018) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1186/s13104-018-3806-7
Abstract
Objective: The main objective of this study was to assess time to death and associated risk factors among tuberculosis (TB) patients.
Results: A total of 769 TB patients were studied and of those, 87 (11.3%) patients died. All of the deaths occurred within 7 months of anti-tuberculosis therapy. Extra-pulmonary TB (AHR = 17.376, 95% CI; 3.88–77.86, p < 0.001) as compared to pulmonary TB and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis therapy (CPT) (AHR = 0.15, 95% CI; 0.03–0.74, p = 0.02) were found to be the predictors of mortality. We noticed higher rates of mortality. Extra-pulmonary TB patients have high risk and TB-HIV co-infected patients who received CPT have low risk of death. Improving early diagnosis of extra-pulmonary TB and early CPT initiation of TB-HIV co-infected patients could minimize patient’s mortality.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | time to death, tuberculosis, risk factors, Ethiopia |
| Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences |
| Research Field: | Clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice |
| Objective Division: | Manufacturing |
| Objective Group: | Human pharmaceutical products |
| Objective Field: | Human pharmaceutical treatments |
| UTAS Author: | Atey, TM (Mr Tesfay Atey) |
| ID Code: | 145997 |
| Year Published: | 2018 |
| Deposited By: | Pharmacy |
| Deposited On: | 2021-08-17 |
| Last Modified: | 2021-09-08 |
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