Profile of patients with active tuberculosis admitted to a respiratory intensive care unit in a tertiary care center of North India

Conclusion: TB was an uncommon cause of ICU admission even in a high TB burden country. Critically ill patients with TB had high mortality. A higher APACHE II score and delta SOFA were independent predictors of ICU mortality.

http://www.ijccm.org/text.asp?2018/22/2/63/225884

Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - February 19, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Valliappan Muthu Sahajal Dhooria Ritesh Agarwal Kuruswamy Thurai Prasad Ashutosh N Aggarwal Digambar Behera Inderpaul Singh Sehgal Source Type: research