METHOD FOR PREDICTING AN UNFAVORABLE OUTCOME OF TREATMENT OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC A61B5/00 

FIELD: medicine; therapy; general medical practice; pulmonology; phthisiology.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of medicine, in particular to therapy, general medical practice, pulmonology, phthisiology; it can be used to predict an unfavorable outcome of tuberculosis (TB) treatment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A smoking index of 10 or more packs/years, the severity of negative subjective assessment of the condition by patients on a visual analog scale (VAS) of 0-5 points and a CAT test of 10 or more points, the absence of passing lung fluorography for 3 or more years are determined in a patient. Points are assigned and the probability (Y) is calculated. If Y value is 89.9% or more, a high risk of an unfavorable outcome of TB treatment in patients with COPD is predicted.

EFFECT: method provides a reliable forecast of the development of an unfavorable outcome of TB treatment in patients with COPD by evaluating the complex of the most significant signs.

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