Outcomes of patients with severe sepsis after the first 6 hours of resuscitation at a regional referral hospital in Uganda

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 33, Issue , 2016, Pages 78-83

  Amir, Abdallah ^a   Saulters, Kacie J ^b,c   Olum, Sam ^a   Pitts, Kelly ^b   Parsons, Andrew ^b   Churchill, Cristina ^b   Taseera, Kabanda ^a   Muhindo, Rose ^a   Moore, Christopher C ^a,b  

^a MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Monitoring; Mortality; Resuscitation; Severe sepsis; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHEST INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATE CLEARANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POINT OF CARE TESTING; REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL; RENAL CLEARANCE; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UGANDA; VITAL SIGN; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; UGANDA; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84961172924     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2016.01.023     Document Type: Article

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