Performance of TOTAL, in medical patients attending a resource-poor hospital in sub-Saharan Africa and a small Irish rural hospital

Acute Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 135-140

  Opio, M O ^a   Nansubuga, G ^a   Kellett, J ^b   Clifford, M ^c   Murray, A ^d  

^a Care Complex ^*  (Uganda)

^b Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center   (Canada)

^c St Joseph's General Hospital Nenagh   (Ireland)

^d Dundalk Institute   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Area under the receiver operator characteristic curve (AUROC); Medical Assessment Unit; TOTAL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; TACHYPNEA; TEMPERATURE; UGANDA;

ACUTE DISEASE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; IRELAND; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UGANDA;

EID: 84885396038     PISSN: 17474884     EISSN: 17474892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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