Two simple replacements for the Triage Early Warning Score to facilitate the South African Triage Scale in low resource settings
Background: The South African Triage Scale (SATS) requires the calculation of the Triage Early Warning Score (TEWS), which takes time and is prone to error. Aim: to derive and validate triage scores from a clinical database collected in a low-resource hospital in sub-Saharan Africa over four years a...
Main Authors: | Lucien Wasingya-Kasereka, Pauline Nabatanzi, Immaculate Nakitende, Joan Nabiryo, Teopista Namujwiga, John Kellett |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-03-01
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Series: | African Journal of Emergency Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X20301440 |
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