Mortality outcomes based on ED qSOFA score and HIV status in a developing low income country

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 2010-2019

  Aluisio, Adam R ^a   Garbern, Stephanie ^a   Wiskel, Tess ^a   Mutabazi, Zeta A ^b   Umuhire, Olivier ^b   Ch'ng, Chin Chin ^c   Rudd, Kristina E ^d   D'Arc Nyinawankusi, Jeanne ^e   Byiringiro, Jean Claude ^b   Levine, Adam C ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Service d'Aide Médicale Urgente   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Africa; Emergency care; HIV; Mortality; qSOFA; Rwanda; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUICK SEPSIS RELATED ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RWANDA; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTRAABDOMINAL INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RWANDA; SEPSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 85044326159     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.03.014     Document Type: Article

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