Analysis of patients died within one year after admission to national sanatorium.

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  • 結核病棟における入院早期死亡例の解析
  • -A Group Study of 10 Hospitals in Kinki District-
  • 近畿国立療養所胸部疾患研究会

Abstract

Back ground of the patients who died within 1 year after admission to the hospitals in kinki district were analyzed.<br>90 patients out of 1459 newly admitted patients were dead within 1 year after admission to the hospital. Among these 90 cases, 42.2% were dead within 1 month, and 71.1% were dead within 3 mounth after admission. 49 patients (54.5%) of 90 dead cases were older than 70 years. As concerns with the cause of death, about one third of the patients were died of tuberculosis and the remaining two third were died of other than tuberculosis. The most frequent cause of death was pulmonary tuberculosis (38.9%), and then lung cancer(15.6%), chronic respiratory failure (13.3%)and pneumonia (12.2%). Many patients were suffered from tuberculosis during the chemotherapy for malignant disease resulting in immunocompromized condition. It should be emphasized that the prevention in such patients from falling to tuberculosis is extraordinary important.

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  • CRID
    1390282681290003328
  • NII Article ID
    130004107351
  • DOI
    10.11261/iryo1946.46.211
  • ISSN
    18848729
    00211699
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
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