[Tanatogenesis in patients with caseous pneumonia in relation to sex].

The purpose of the present investigation was to study the composition of patients with caseous pneumonia (CP), its causes, and fetal outcomes in relation to sex. A hundred and ninety-eight patients, including 139 males and 59 females, were examined. There was a high proportion of socially dysadapted persons particularly among males. The females were most needy. For this reason, late tuberculosis with complications as CP (83.3%) or CP as an independent nosological entity was originally detectable in half of the cases. Low survival rates and small lengths of hospital stay were observed. These patients frequently developed specific lesions to other organs (lymph nodes (46%, hematogenic dissemination in every four, etc.) and nonspecific complications, such as edema of the brain or lung, cor pulmonale, etc. In addition to CP, the direct cause of death is other fatal complications in half of the patients. The females proved to be more susceptible.