Khurram Saleem, Zahid Hussain Shah, Kashif Siddique, Sajid Abaidullah, Munir Iqbal.
Predictors of complications of tuberculous meningitis.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;5(2):292-6.

Objective: To assess the patterns and complication of Tubercoulos Meningitis at Medical Departments of Mayo Hospital Lahore and to fine out the predictors of complications. Materials & Methods: Cross sectional study was conducted in medical wards of Mayo Hospital, Lahore. Patients were selected based on convenient sampling. Fifty patients were included in this study. All patients were evaluated through clinical examination, blood tests, CSF examination, Chest X-Ray and CT scan. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 16. Quantitative data was presented with the help of Mean±S.D and qualitative data was presented with the help of frequency tables. Chi-square test was applied to see the association between different variables. Results: The mean age for male patients were 34±17 years and for female patients it was 29.81±17.72 years (p-value=0.398). Cranial nerve involvement does not show any association with respect to gender (p-value=0.520). CSF protein level and Cell count were statistically same in both groups (p-value=0.107 & 0.936) respectively. Vaccination status was not associated with the complications (p-value=0.370). CT scan was not predictive of the complicated cases having a high negative predictive value (64.3%). Conclusion: Those who presented late had higher rate of complications then those who presented earlier.

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