Predictors of Hosoglu et al for Outcome in a Patient with Tuberculous Meningitis

 

Patient selection: tuberculous meningitis in patients from 13 to 83 years of age

 

Risk factors for death:

(1) seizures

(2) coma

(3) delayed or interrupted therapy

 

Risk factors for neurological sequelae at 6 months after hospital discharge:

(1) extra-meningeal tuberculosis

(2) drowsiness

(3) hemiparesis or hemiplegia

(4) focal weakness

(5) multiple neurological deficits

(6) cranial nerve palsy

 

where:

• Most of the predictors of neurological sequelae are neurological sequelae.

• Some of the findings indicate Stage II or III in the BMRC classification.