Altered mental status is an indicator of mortality and associated with both infectious and non-communicable disease in Lilongwe, Malawi

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 164-167

  Harrington, Bryna ^a   Kyriakos Vorkas, Charles ^b   Kanyama, Cecilia ^c   Ngoma, Jonathan ^d   Hoffman, Irving ^e   Hosseinipour, Mina C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^d Kamuzu Central Hospital   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Altered mental status; HIV; infectious diseases; non communicable diseases; resource poor settings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALTERED MENTAL STATUS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KIDNEY INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MENTAL DISORDERS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84936868568     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049475515577024     Document Type: Article

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