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771. Prospective validation of the universal vital assessment (UVA) score to predict the in-hospital mortality of patients with acute illness admitted to a government district hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

BACKGROUND: Critical illness is a frequent cause of mortality in resource-limited settings. Improved triage on admission could improve mortality, but existing tools depend on variables that often are not available. We prospectively evaluated the universal vital assessment (UVA) score to predict mort...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Amiya A, Ladines-Lim, Joseph B, Moore, Christopher, Malinga, Sipho, Moll, Anthony, Eksteen, Francois J, Shenoi, Sheela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776477/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.961