Use of an early warning score and ability to walk predicts mortality in medical patients admitted to hospitals in Tanzania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 790-794

  Rylance, Jamie ^a   Baker, Tim ^b   Mushi, Elizabeth ^b   Mashaga, Daniel ^b  

^a Songea Regional Hospital   (Tanzania)

^b St Joseph's Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Decision making; Early warning scoring systems; Predictive value of tests; Prognosis; Tanzania; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; EARLY WARNING SCORE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TANZANIA; WALKING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; APACHE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TANZANIA; TRIAGE; WALKING;

EID: 67649867920     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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