Abnormal Admission Chest X-Ray and MEWS as ICU Outcome Predictors in a Sub-Saharan Tertiary Hospital: A Prospective Observational Study.

Conclusion. Trauma (31%) caused most ICU admissions, having an abnormal admission chest X-rays positively associated with mortality and a high MEWS was also a good predictor of mortality. PMID: 27721991 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27721991?dopt=Abstract

Source: Critical Care Research and Practice - October 12, 2016 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Crit Care Res Pract Source Type: research

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