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February 2009
The purpose of the study was to examine the implication of radiation and microbiological methods in the timely detection and diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in untried prisoners in an investigatory isolation ward. Fluorographic films made in 12,298 convicts were analyzed. Abnormal fluorograms were revealed in 14 and 7.
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July 2008
The specific features of the epidemiological process and clinical forms of tuberculosis in Vladivostok adolescents treated in 1999 to 2006 were studied. Two periods were identified: 1) from 1999 to 2002 when fluorographic studies were annually made and 2) from 2003 to 2006 when fluorography was carried out every two years. It was established that during Period 2, there was a rise in tuberculosis morbidity among adolescents, which was attended by an increase in the number of patients with open and destructive forms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe implementation of the subprograms "Goal-oriented medical examination of the Moscow population for early tuberculosis visage a differential screening of the population in relation to the risk of tuberculosis; fitting of health care facilities with current digital fluorographic equipment; improvement of an epidemiological screening of patients with tuberculosis. Over 7 years of implementation of the Program, advances were made: the population's coverage with preventive examinations increased by 11%; that of detively; the active detection of patients with respiratory abnormalities and those with pulmonary tuberculosis increased by 2.0 and 2.
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December 2006
The severity of clinical signs of pulmonary tuberculosis was studied in first detected patients. A hundred and sixty-eight case histories of the patients admitted to a town tuberculosis dispensary in 2004 were analyzed. A total of 87 (51.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe results of spectrozonal roentgenographic study performed using a digital scanning fluorograph are presented. It is shown that organic inclusions visible in X-ray photographs made in different spectral ranges can be differentiated by the effective atomic number.
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