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Admission Risk Score to Predict Inpatient Pediatric Mortality at Four Public Hospitals in Uganda
Mortality rates among hospitalized children in many government hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa are high. Pediatric emergency services in these hospitals are often sub-optimal. Timely recognition of critically ill children on arrival is key to improving service delivery. We present a simple risk scor...
Autores principales: | Mpimbaza, Arthur, Sears, David, Sserwanga, Asadu, Kigozi, Ruth, Rubahika, Denis, Nadler, Adam, Yeka, Adoke, Dorsey, Grant |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4517901/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26218274 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133950 |
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