Frequency of vital signs monitoring and its association with mortality among adults with severe sepsis admitted to a general medical ward in uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Asiimwe, Stephen B ^a,b   Okello, Samson ^c   Moore, Christopher C ^d  

^a Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING RATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PULSE RATE; SEPSIS; UGANDA; VITAL SIGN; VITAL SIGN MONITORING FREQUENCY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY RATE; SEPSIS; UGANDA;

EID: 84896540391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089879     Document Type: Article

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