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Feasibility of using an Early Warning Score for preterm or low birthweight infants in a low-resource setting: results of a mixed-methods study at a national referral hospital in Kenya.

Eleanor J MitchellZahida P QureshiFredrick WereJane DanielsGeorge GwakoAlfred OsotiJacqueline OpiraLucy BradshawMary OliverPhoebe PallottiShalini Ojha
Published in: BMJ open (2020)
EWS may standardise documentation and identify infants who are at higher risk of an adverse outcome. However, human and non-human resource issues would need to be explored further before development of an EWS for LMICs.
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