Admission Risk Score to Predict Inpatient Pediatric Mortality at Four Public Hospitals in Uganda.

Mortality rates among hospitalized children in many government hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa are high. Pediatric emergency services in these hospitals are often sub-optimal. Timely recognition of critically ill children on arrival is key to improving service delivery. We present a simple risk scor...

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Main Authors: Arthur Mpimbaza, David Sears, Asadu Sserwanga, Ruth Kigozi, Denis Rubahika, Adam Nadler, Adoke Yeka, Grant Dorsey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4517901?pdf=render