Do different patient populations need different early warning scores? The performance of nine different early warning scores used on acutely ill patients admitted to a low-resource hospital in sub-Saharan Africa
Immaculate Nakitende, Joan Nabiryo, Teopista Namujwiga, Lucien Wasingya-Kasereka and John Kellett
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2019-0196
Clin Med January 2020 Immaculate Nakitende
AKitovu Hospital, Masaka, Uganda
Roles: nurse
Joan Nabiryo
BKitovu Hospital, Masaka, Uganda
Roles: nurse
Teopista Namujwiga
CKitovu Hospital, Masaka, Uganda
Roles: midwife
Lucien Wasingya-Kasereka
DKitovu Hospital, Masaka, Uganda
Roles: deputy medical director
John Kellett
EHospital of South West Jutland, Esbjerg, Denmark; on behalf of the Kitovu Hospital Study Group
Roles: adjunct professor
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- Immaculate Nakitende, nurseA⇑,
- Joan Nabiryo, nurseB,
- Teopista Namujwiga, midwifeC,
- Lucien Wasingya-Kasereka, deputy medical directorD and
- John Kellett, adjunct professorE
- AKitovu Hospital, Masaka, Uganda
- BKitovu Hospital, Masaka, Uganda
- CKitovu Hospital, Masaka, Uganda
- DKitovu Hospital, Masaka, Uganda
- EHospital of South West Jutland, Esbjerg, Denmark; on behalf of the Kitovu Hospital Study Group
- Address for correspondence: Dr John Kellett, Ballinaclough, Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. Email: jgkellett{at}eircom.net
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Do different patient populations need different early warning scores? The performance of nine different early warning scores used on acutely ill patients admitted to a low-resource hospital in sub-Saharan Africa
Immaculate Nakitende, Joan Nabiryo, Teopista Namujwiga, Lucien Wasingya-Kasereka, John Kellett
Clinical Medicine Jan 2020, 20 (1) 67-73; DOI: 10.7861/clinmed.2019-0196
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Do different patient populations need different early warning scores? The performance of nine different early warning scores used on acutely ill patients admitted to a low-resource hospital in sub-Saharan Africa
Immaculate Nakitende, Joan Nabiryo, Teopista Namujwiga, Lucien Wasingya-Kasereka, John Kellett
Clinical Medicine Jan 2020, 20 (1) 67-73; DOI: 10.7861/clinmed.2019-0196
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