Single deranged physiologic parameters are associated with mortality in a low-income country

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2171-2179

  Baker, Tim ^a,b   Blixt, Jonas ^a,b   Lugazia, Edwin ^c   Schell, Carl Otto ^d,e   Mulungu, Moses ^f   Milton, Anna ^a,b   Castegren, Markus ^d   Eriksen, Jaran ^a   Konrad, David ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Nykoping Hospital   (Sweden)

^f MUHIMBILI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Critical care; Developing countries; Global health; Hospital mortality; Quality of health care; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DERANGED PHYSIOLOGIC PARAMETERS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TANZANIA; VITAL SIGN; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941928994     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001194     Document Type: Article

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