[Thanatogenesis of pulmonary tuberculosis based on statistics from tuberculosis hospitals in Moscow]. / Tanatogenez tuberkuleza legkikh po materialam tuberkuleznykh bolnits Moskvy.

ABSTRACT

Thanatogenesis of pulmonary tuberculosis has been studied on autopsy material gained in tuberculosis hospitals of Moscow from 1972 to 1992. The leading cause of lethal outcomes was progressive fibrous-cavernous tuberculosis (71.6% in 1992). Disseminated tuberculosis mortality rose two-fold (14.2% in 1992). Death rate for infiltrative tuberculosis reaches now 5.56%. Tuberculous patients die of the progressive disease in 54.94%, of respiratory distress and cardiac insufficiency in 32.72%. Progressive tuberculosis proved to combine with nontuberculous diseases in 71.87% of the cases.