Pediatric in-Hospital Death from Infectious Disease in Uganda: Derivation of Clinical Prediction Models.

BACKGROUND:Pediatric hospital mortality from infectious diseases in resource constrained countries remains unacceptably high. Improved methods of risk-stratification can assist in referral decision making and resource allocation. The purpose of this study was to create prediction models for in-hospi...

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Main Authors: Nasim Lowlaavar, Charles P Larson, Elias Kumbakumba, Guohai Zhou, J Mark Ansermino, Joel Singer, Niranjan Kissoon, Hubert Wong, Andrew Ndamira, Jerome Kabakyenga, Julius Kiwanuka, Matthew O Wiens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4786260?pdf=render