Tygerberg score

Tygerberg score

The Tygerberg score is a clinical decision tool that allows the clinician to decide whether pericarditis is due to tuberculosis or not. It uses five variables:
#Weight loss (1 point)
#Night sweats (1 point)
#Fever (2 points)
#Serum globulin >40 g/l (3 points)
#Blood leukocyte count <10 × 109/l

A total score of 6 or more is highly suggestive that tuberculosis is the cause of the pericarditis.

References

*cite journal | author=Reuter H, Burgess L, van Vuuren W, Doubell A. | title=Diagnosing tuberculous pericarditis | journal=Q J Med | year=2006 | volume=99 | pages=827–39 | pmid=17121764


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