Determinants of mortality before start of and during tuberculosis treatment among elderly patients: A population-based retrospective cohort study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 490-496

  Lin, Yu Shiuan ^a   Yen, Yung Feng ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aged; Mortality; Older people; Tuberculosis; Unfavourable outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPUTUM SMEAR; TAIWAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

BACILLI (CLASS);

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84929157443     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv002     Document Type: Article

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