Defining High-risk Emergency Chief Complaints: Data-driven Triage for Low- and Middle-income Countries.
Brian Travis RiceJoseph LeanzaHani MowafiNicholas Thadeus KamaraEdgar Mugema MulogoMark BisanzoKian NikamHilary KizzaJennifer A NewberryMatthew C Strehlownull nullMichael KohnPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2020)
High-risk CCs were identified and found to predict increased 3-day mortality independent of vital signs and other data available at triage. This list can be used to expand local triage systems and inform emergency training programs. The methodology can be reproduced in other LMIC settings to reflect their local disease patterns.