Objective To provide an overview and critical appraisal of early warning scores for adult
hospital patients. Design Systematic review. Data sources Medline, CINAHL, PsycInfo, and …

Objective To identify sensitivity, specificity and predictive accuracy of quick sequential organ
failure assessment (qSOFA) score and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) …

Background A wide array of early warning scores (EWS) have been developed and are
used in different settings to detect which patients are at risk of deterioration. The aim of this …

Background Fever is among the most common symptoms of people living in Africa, and
clinicians are challenged by the similar clinical features of a wide spectrum of potential …

Objectives This review aims to: 1) evaluate the quality of model reporting, 2) provide an
overview of methodology for developing and validating Early Warning Score Systems …

Background Clinical scores for sepsis have been primarily developed for, and applied in
High-Income Countries. This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the …

Background Simple, bedside prediction of infection-related mortality in low-resource settings
is crucial for triage and resource-utilisation decisions. We aimed to evaluate mortality …

Outcomes from HICs cannot be reliably extrapolated to LMICs, so it is important to study
outcomes for critically ill patients in LMICs. Specific challenges to achieving meaningful …

Introduction Fever commonly leads to healthcare seeking and hospital admission in sub-
Saharan Africa and Asia. There is only limited guidance for clinicians managing non …

Sepsis is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan African adults.
Standardised management pathways have been documented to improve the survival of …