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CT Findings and Nutrition in Elderly TB Patients by Syahrul Hamidi Nasution is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This study examined the relationship between computed tomography (CT) findings and nutritional status in 92 elderly patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. The study found that elderly tuberculosis patients with poor nutritional status, particularly those with hypoalbuminemia, tended to show atypical CT findings like segmental or lobar consolidation in unusual locations or miliary nodules. They also tended to have more widespread lung lesions. However, the presence of the common tree-in-bud pattern on CT scan

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Syahrul Hamidi Nasution

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