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Ability of verbal autopsy data to detect deaths due to uncontrolled hyperglycaemia: testing existing methods and development and validation of a novel weighted score

OBJECTIVES: Verbal autopsy (VA) is a useful tool to ascertain cause of death where no other mechanisms exist. We aimed to assess the utility of VA data to ascertain deaths due to uncontrolled hyperglycaemia and to develop a weighted score (WS) to specifically identify cases. Cases were identified by...

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Autores principales: Blackstock, Sarah, Witham, Miles D, Wade, Alisha N, Crampin, Amelia, Beran, David, Ogle, Graham D, Davies, Justine I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6803086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31630097
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026331