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Addressing Comorbidities in Palliative Care of Tuberculosis and It\'s Interdisciplinary Approach

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: One of the newer concepts and current focuses of tuberculosis management is the concept of palliative care for tuberculosis (TB) patients.Target patients for this approach include mainly patients with drug-resistant and advanced forms of tuberculosis but also drug-sensitive tuberculosis in some settings like malignancy and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis.Integral to this approach of palliative care is the concept of managing of comorbidities with tuberculosis.Addressing the various comorbidities associated with tuberculosis taking an integral approach to the management of comorbidities is the need of the hour.

Source: The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-11007-0120

Author: Vinod Kumar Viswanathan

Institution: Madras Medical College

Language: English

Topic: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4404719695

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