[Periodicity and quality of clinical diagnostics of protracted pneumonia in a tuberculosis clinic].

Analysis of the quality and modes of clinical diagnostics of protracted pneumonia in a tuberculosis clinic revealed the most frequent causes of this condition responsible for hyperdiagnostics of tuberculosis. These are concomitant diseases, pneumosclerosis, chronic bronchitis, fibrous transformation of the bronchial tree, complicated clinical course of pneumonia, age above 60 years, history of tuberculosis, inadequate or short-term antibiotic therapy at the initial stages of diagnostics. Motivational prerequisites for high-quality diagnostic work include compliance with standards and guidelines for the examination and management of patients suspected of having pneumonia with a view to detecting tuberculosis. Such approach would decrease the frequency of ungrounded hospitalization of patients at tuberculosis clinics.

[Causes of hospitalization of non-tuberculous patients in a tuberculosis hospital]. / Prichiny gospitalizatsiii neprofil'nykh bol'nykh v spetsializirovannyi tuberkuloznyi stantsionar.

In present epidemiological and economic conditions tuberculosis suspects should be hospitalized to specialized tuberculosis hospitals only after they are carefully examined for cancer of the lungs and lingering pneumonia. For this an obligatory diagnostic minimum should be introduced.