Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) Identifies Critical Illness among Ward Patients in a Resource Restricted Setting in Kampala, Uganda: A Prospective Observational Study.

Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) Identifies Critical Illness among Ward Patients in a Resource Restricted Setting in Kampala, Uganda: A Prospective Observational Study.

INTRODUCTION:Providing optimal critical care in developing countries is limited by lack of recognition of critical illness and lack of essential resources. The Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS), based on physiological parameters, is validated in adult medical and surgical patients as a predictor o...

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Main Authors: Rebecca Kruisselbrink, Arthur Kwizera, Mark Crowther, Alison Fox-Robichaud, Timothy O'Shea, Jane Nakibuuka, Isaac Ssinabulya, Joan Nalyazi, Ashley Bonner, Tahira Devji, Jeffrey Wong, Deborah Cook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4795640?pdf=render

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