Strengths and limitations of early warning scores: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

CL Downey, W Tahir, R Randell, JM Brown… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Early warning scores are widely used to identify deteriorating patients. Whilst
their ability to predict clinical outcomes has been extensively reviewed, there has been no …

[HTML][HTML] Current epidemiology of sepsis in mainland China

X Liao, B Du, M Lu, M Wu, Y Kang - Annals of translational …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The disease burden of sepsis is a global issue. Most of the large-scale epidemiological
investigations on sepsis have been carried out in developed countries. The population of 1.3 …

Fever is associated with reduced, hypothermia with increased mortality in septic patients: a meta-analysis of clinical trials

Z Rumbus, R Matics, P Hegyi, C Zsiboras, I Szabo… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Sepsis is usually accompanied by changes of body temperature (Tb), but
whether fever and hypothermia predict mortality equally or differently is not fully clarified. We …

Patient attitudes towards remote continuous vital signs monitoring on general surgery wards: an interview study

CL Downey, JM Brown, DG Jayne, R Randell - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Vital signs monitoring is used to identify deteriorating patients in hospital. The
most common tool for vital signs monitoring is an early warning score, although emerging …

Diagnostic accuracy of the rapid urine lipoarabinomannan test for pulmonary tuberculosis among HIV-infected adults in Ghana–findings from the DETECT HIV-TB …

S Bjerrum, E Kenu, M Lartey, MJ Newman… - BMC infectious …, 2015 - Springer
Background Rapid diagnostic tests are urgently needed to mitigate HIV-associated
tuberculosis (TB) mortality. We evaluated diagnostic accuracy of the rapid urine …

A complex intervention to improve implementation of World Health Organization guidelines for diagnosis of severe illness in low-income settings: a quasi-experimental …

MJ Cummings, E Goldberg, S Mwaka… - Implementation …, 2017 - Springer
Background To improve management of severely ill hospitalized patients in low-income
settings, the World Health Organization (WHO) established a triage tool called “Quick …

Improving sepsis care in Africa: an opportunity for change?

AJ Keeley, E Nsutebu - Pan African Medical Journal, 2021 - ajol.info
Sepsis is common and represents a major public health burden with significant associated
morbidity and mortality. However, despite substantial advances in sepsis recognition and …

CET-4 score analysis based on data mining technology

J Xu, Y Liu - Cluster Computing, 2019 - Springer
The use of data mining technology to analyze college students' scores can effectively
analyze and deal with the data of grades, so as to improve the working time limitation of the …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a Clinical Score for Predicting 28-Day Mortality in Geriatric Sepsis Patients; a Cohort study

P Sanguanwit, C Yuksen, J Khorana… - Archives of …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Introduction: Sepsis is a significant and common cause of death and burden among critically
ill patients, which has increasing incidence and mortality in adults over 60 and advanced …

Mortality prediction in rural Kenya: a cohort study of mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients

RK Parker, EB Mwachiro, MM Mwachiro… - Critical care …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Mortality Prediction in Rural Kenya: A Cohort Study of Mecha... : Critical Care Explorations
Mortality Prediction in Rural Kenya: A Cohort Study of Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill …