Simplified prognostic model of overall intrahospital mortality of children in central Africa;Modèle pronostique simplifié d'évaluation de la mortalité intrahospitalière globale des enfants en Afrique centrale

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-80

  Bitwe, Richard ^a,b   Dramaix, Michèle ^c   Hennart, Philippe ^c  

^a Centre Universitaire de Goma   (Congo)

^b Service de Pédiatrie de l'Hôpital Provincial de Goma   (Congo)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Care evaluation; Central Africa; Children; Intrahospital mortality; Predictors; Prognostic score

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; HEALTH CARE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

AGE; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BLANTYRE COMA SCORE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; SCORING SYSTEM; STIFF NECK; SUBCOSTAL INDRAWNING; SYMPTOM; THORAX WALL; UNDERWEIGHT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33644918890     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01540.x     Document Type: Article

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