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Patient characteristics and predictors of mortality among children hospitalised with tuberculosis: A six-year case series study in Uganda.

Pauline Mary AmugeGreta Lassance BeckerRogers Nelson SsebunyaEsther NalumansiAlex AdakuMichael JumaJay Brooks JacksonAdeodata Rukyarekere KekitiinwaPeter James ElyanuEric WobudeyaRobert Blount
Published in: PloS one (2024)
In-hospital mortality was high, and significantly driven almost four times higher by TB meningitis, with longer hospital stay among children in urban hospitals. The high in-hospital mortality and long hospital stay may be reduced by timely TB diagnosis and treatment initiation among children.
Keyphrases
  • young adults
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • healthcare
  • type diabetes
  • emergency department
  • case report
  • risk factors
  • cardiovascular disease
  • acute care
  • hiv aids
  • hiv infected