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Predicting mortality in sick African children: the FEAST Paediatric Emergency Triage (PET) Score

BACKGROUND: Mortality in paediatric emergency care units in Africa often occurs within the first 24 h of admission and remains high. Alongside effective triage systems, a practical clinical bedside risk score to identify those at greatest risk could contribute to reducing mortality. METHODS: Data co...

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Autores principales: George, Elizabeth C., Walker, A. Sarah, Kiguli, Sarah, Olupot-Olupot, Peter, Opoka, Robert O., Engoru, Charles, Akech, Samuel O., Nyeko, Richard, Mtove, George, Reyburn, Hugh, Berkley, James A., Mpoya, Ayub, Levin, Michael, Crawley, Jane, Gibb, Diana M., Maitland, Kathryn, Babiker, Abdel G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4521500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26228245
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-015-0407-3