DOCTOR'S DELAY IN ENDOBRONCHIAL TUBERCULOSIS

[Abstract] [Objective] The aim of this study was to investigate the current status of doctor's delay in diagnosing endobronchial tuberculosis (EBTB) and to elucidate the risk factors contributing to the delay. [Methods] Retrospective clinicopathological analysis. [Patients] Sixty-two patients w...

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Veröffentlicht in:Kekkaku 2013-01, Vol.88 (1), p.9-13
Hauptverfasser: Atsuhisa TAMURA, Naoko HIGAKI, Kei KUSAKA, Shunsuke AKASHI, Junichi SUZUKI, Masahiro SHIMADA, Jun SUZUKI, Masahiro KAWASHIMA, Junko SUZUKI, Nobuhiro OSHIMA, Kimihiko MASUDA, Hirotoshi MATSUI, Akira YAMANE, Hideaki NAGAI, Naohiro NAGAYAMA, Emiko TOYOTA, Shinobu AKAGAWA, Akira HEBISAWA, Shunsuke SHOJI, Ken OHTA
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Zusammenfassung:[Abstract] [Objective] The aim of this study was to investigate the current status of doctor's delay in diagnosing endobronchial tuberculosis (EBTB) and to elucidate the risk factors contributing to the delay. [Methods] Retrospective clinicopathological analysis. [Patients] Sixty-two patients with EBTB were admitted at our hospital between 1999 and 2010. Their backgrounds, symptoms, diagnoses at initial consultation, delay in diagnosis, and clinical examination results were analyzed. [Results] Of the 62 patients, 59 had acid-fast, bacillipositive sputum smear test results at admission. Among the 40 patients with total diagnostic delay of more than 2 months, only 11 experienced long patient's delay exceeding 2 months. However, 22 patients experienced long doctor's delay of more than 2 months (28% vs. 55%, respectively, p
ISSN:0022-9776