Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescence in North Norway
Abstract The objective of this thesis is to gain knowledge in tuberculosis in children and adolescent for ten years period from 01.01.05- 31.12.14 at the University Hospital of North Norway. The study was to answer the following questions: the number patients treated for latent and active tuberculos...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/9473 2023-05-15T17:39:20+02:00 Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescence in North Norway Kanaa, Emiru Fufa 2016-06-01 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/9473 eng eng UiT Norges arktiske universitet UiT The Arctic University of Norway https://hdl.handle.net/10037/9473 URN:NBN:no-uit_munin_9031 openAccess Copyright 2016 The Author(s) VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Lungesykdommer: 777 VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Lung diseases: 777 Tuberculosis Children Diagnostic Current challenges Latent TB disease MED-3950 Master thesis Mastergradsoppgave 2016 ftunivtroemsoe 2021-06-25T17:54:49Z Abstract The objective of this thesis is to gain knowledge in tuberculosis in children and adolescent for ten years period from 01.01.05- 31.12.14 at the University Hospital of North Norway. The study was to answer the following questions: the number patients treated for latent and active tuberculosis in 10 years period of, the debut age for symptoms and treatment, the diagnostic methods the choice of treatment and follow-ups. Retrospective study method is used. Data is collected for 24 variables designed to answer the relevant question. There were 240 patient journals were studied. 13 of them 240 were excluded because of the age limit. Results: The main findings were (1) Most to tuberculosis among children in North Norway is latent tuberculosis. (2) The majority of the children with tuberculosis are born foreign-born Children (3) Patients with tuberculosis disease were treated adequately (4) IGRA used diagnostic methods. Conclusion: A futher study is needed to change the current practice of tuberculosis management at UNN and future study should have access to DIPS patient electronic journals at other hospitals in the region and get the access of contacting the local primary care when needed. Some modifications of the variables are also necessary Master Thesis North Norway University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Norway |
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VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Lungesykdommer: 777 VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Lung diseases: 777 Tuberculosis Children Diagnostic Current challenges Latent TB disease MED-3950 |
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VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Lungesykdommer: 777 VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Lung diseases: 777 Tuberculosis Children Diagnostic Current challenges Latent TB disease MED-3950 Kanaa, Emiru Fufa Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescence in North Norway |
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VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Lungesykdommer: 777 VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Lung diseases: 777 Tuberculosis Children Diagnostic Current challenges Latent TB disease MED-3950 |
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Abstract The objective of this thesis is to gain knowledge in tuberculosis in children and adolescent for ten years period from 01.01.05- 31.12.14 at the University Hospital of North Norway. The study was to answer the following questions: the number patients treated for latent and active tuberculosis in 10 years period of, the debut age for symptoms and treatment, the diagnostic methods the choice of treatment and follow-ups. Retrospective study method is used. Data is collected for 24 variables designed to answer the relevant question. There were 240 patient journals were studied. 13 of them 240 were excluded because of the age limit. Results: The main findings were (1) Most to tuberculosis among children in North Norway is latent tuberculosis. (2) The majority of the children with tuberculosis are born foreign-born Children (3) Patients with tuberculosis disease were treated adequately (4) IGRA used diagnostic methods. Conclusion: A futher study is needed to change the current practice of tuberculosis management at UNN and future study should have access to DIPS patient electronic journals at other hospitals in the region and get the access of contacting the local primary care when needed. Some modifications of the variables are also necessary |
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Kanaa, Emiru Fufa |
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Kanaa, Emiru Fufa |
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Kanaa, Emiru Fufa |
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Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescence in North Norway |
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Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescence in North Norway |
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Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescence in North Norway |
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Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescence in North Norway |
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Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescence in North Norway |
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tuberculosis in children and adolescence in north norway |
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UiT Norges arktiske universitet |
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2016 |
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/9473 |
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North Norway |
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North Norway |
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