Derivation and validation of a universal vital assessment (UVA) score: a tool for predicting mortality in adult hospitalised patients in sub-Saharan Africa

BACKGROUND: Critical illness is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Identifying patients with the highest risk of death could help with resource allocation and clinical decision making. Accordingly, we derived and validated a universal vital assessment (UVA) score...

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Autores principales: Moore, Christopher C, Hazard, Riley, Saulters, Kacie J, Ainsworth, John, Adakun, Susan A, Amir, Abdallah, Andrews, Ben, Auma, Mary, Baker, Tim, Banura, Patrick, Crump, John A, Grobusch, Martin P, Huson, Michaëla A M, Jacob, Shevin T, Jarrett, Olamide D, Kellett, John, Lakhi, Shabir, Majwala, Albert, Opio, Martin, Rubach, Matthew P, Rylance, Jamie, Michael Scheld, W, Schieffelin, John, Ssekitoleko, Richard, Wheeler, India, Barnes, Laura E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5656117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29082001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000344

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5656117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29082001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000344

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