Validation of the VitalPAC™ Early Warning Score (ViEWS) in acutely ill medical patients attending a resource-poor hospital in sub-Saharan Africa

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 743-746

  Opio, Martin Otyek ^a   Nansubuga, Gertrude ^a   Kellett, John ^b  

^a St Joseph's Kitovu Health Care Complex ^*  (Uganda)

^b Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developing world; Early warning scores; Rapid response systems

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UGANDA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AREA UNDER CURVE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UGANDA;

EID: 84879886120     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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