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Table 3 In-hospital and 30-days case-fatality ratio of complicated tuberculosis

From: Prevalence and short-term outcomes of acute complications of tuberculosis: a cross-sectional, monocentre, Italian study

Total deaths in patients experiencing at least one complication, n (%)

In-hospital: 9/65 (13.8)*

30-days: 10/65 (15.4)*

Complication (n)

In-hospital mortality, n (%)*

30-days mortality, n (%)*

Acute respiratory failure (23)

8/23 (34.8)

9/23 (39.1)

Disseminated tuberculosis (30)

4/30 (13.3)

4/30 (13.3)

Complicated spondylodiscitis (3)

1/3 (33.3)

1/3 (33.3)

Pulmonary embolism (4)

1/4 (25)

1/4 (25)

Gastrointestinal haemorrhage (1)

1/1 (100)

1/1 (100)

Intestinal obstruction (1)

1/1 (100)

1/1 (100)

  1. *Patients who died could have had more than one complication