FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, namely to infectious diseases and phthisiology, and can be used to identify the likelihood of death in a tuberculosis patient with HIV infection. The presence or absence of the following clinical manifestations is determined: complaints of chest pain, headaches, loose stools, absence of cough with phlegm, dry cough, acute onset of the disease, shortness of breath, chills, sweating, weight loss, lack of weakness, loss of appetite, fever. They are evaluated in points. Then, according to the stated formula, the probability of death in a patient with tuberculosis with HIV infection is determined. If the probability value is 50% or higher, the risk of death and the need for hospitalization of the patient in the intensive care unit are predicted. If the probability is below 50%, the patient is admitted to the hospital ward.
EFFECT: method provides for determining the probability of death in a tuberculosis patient with HIV infection upon admission to the hospital of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (FSIN) by assessing the complex of the most significant clinical signs.
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