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TITLE:

OUTCOME OF THE DELAY IN DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS

AUTHORS:

Nida

ABSTRACT:

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the duration from the start of various symptoms to diagnose and treat the disease of tuberculosis (TB), the causes of the delay in the diagnosis of the disease, consequence of the late diagnosis, relationship with different variables & the formulation of various proposals. Study Design: This is an observational research work. Total one hundred and fifteen patients selected from random sampling were the part of this research work. Study Setting: This study conducted in Mayo Hospital Lahore. Results: According to the findings of this research work, the mean time from the start of initial symptoms to detect and treat the disease of TB is one hundred and twenty days. In sixty-four percent patients, practitioners of the medical field were accountable for the delay in the detection of TB. Weight loss was the consequence of delay in the diagnosis of the TB. Hemoptysis was the consequence in twenty-one percent patients due to delay in the detection of the tuberculosis. Diagnostic delay was available as significant in the patients who were consulting the private practitioners and the consequences of TB were very serious in the patients with delay diagnosis. Conclusion: The results of this research work described that the consequences of the delay in the diagnosis of tuberculosis were very common in these patients as weight loss & hemoptysis. KEYWORDS: Diagnostic, Hemoptysis, Practitioners, Tuberculosis, symptoms, Variables, Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

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