Missed opportunities for detecting tuberculosis: An analysis of emergency department visits before the diagnosis


Por: Nofuentes-Pérez E, Zamora-Molina L, Grau-Delgado J, Soler-Sempere MJ, Gutiérrez-Navarro JA and García-Pachón E

Publicada: 1 oct 2019 Ahead of Print: 20 mar 2019
Categoría: Medicine (miscellaneous)

Resumen:
Objective: To assess the frequency of care in an emergency department in the 6 months prior to the diagnosis of tuberculosis and to determine the reasons for the care, the degree of suspicion in the emergency department and the factors associated with this suspicion. Method: A retrospective study was conducted on patients with pulmonary tuberculosis treated in the general emergency department between 2011 and 2017. Results: Of the 54 included patients, 38 (70%) had been treated in the emergency department in the 6 months prior to the diagnosis: 6 (16%) patients had been treated for processes unrelated to the tuberculosis, and 32 (84%) were treated for processes that were potentially related to the tuberculosis. Pulmonary tuberculosis was suspected in the emergency department for 12 (38%) of these patients and not suspected in the remaining 20 patients (62%). The group in which pulmonary tuberculosis was suspected had a higher rate of general and respiratory symptoms and cavitation in the radiography. Conclusions: A high percentage of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis were admitted to the emergency department in the 6 months prior to the diagnosis, and this diagnostic possibility was often not suspected. (C) 2019 Elsevier Espana, S.L.U. and Sociedad Espanola de Medicina Interna (SEMI). All rights reserved.

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 Sección de Neumología, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Elche, Alicante, España

 Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante, España

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 Sección de Neumología, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Elche, Alicante, España

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 Sección de Neumología, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Elche, Alicante, España

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 Sección de Neumología, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Elche, Alicante, España

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 Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Elche, Alicante, España

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 Sección de Neumología, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Elche, Alicante, España

 Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante, España
ISSN: 00142565





REVISTA CLINICA ESPANOLA
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EDICIONES DOYMA S A, TRAV DE GRACIA 17-21, 08021 BARCELONA, SPAIN, España
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 219 Número: 7
Páginas: 390-393
WOS Id: 000489066000006
ID de PubMed: 30902426

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