Prevalence, Clinical Characteristics and Determinants of Unsuccessful Treatment Outcomes Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients: A 5-Year Registry-Based Retrospective Cohort Study.

Hind M AlOsaimiMohammed Kanan AlshammariGhadah K AlmijladNawaf M AlotaibiDhafer A AlqahtaniMohammed M AlshamraniTariq A ShuturMansior F AlhazmiMohammed A HurubiKutayd S ALShammariKhalid M AlzahraniHadeel M AldaghririAnood A AlshammariOudah S AlatawiReema A Alharbi

Published in: Patient related outcome measures (2024)

This study shows that the percentage of unsuccessful treatment outcomes is high, ie, 11.5%, due to patients' deaths and loss to follow-up. Enhanced supervision and treatment monitoring for tuberculosis patients at high risk of treatment failure can lead to improved treatment success rates in Saudi Arabia.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
pulmonary tuberculosis
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
mycobacterium tuberculosis
emergency department
peritoneal dialysis
risk factors
hiv infected
hiv aids
adverse drug
electronic health record