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- Title
Simple Mortality Predictive Models for Improving Critical Care in Resource-Limited Settings: An Insight on the Modified Early Warning Score and Rapid Emergency Medical Score.
- Authors
Temgoua, Mazou Ngou; Tochie, Joel Nouktadie; Agbor, Valirie Ndip; Tianyi, Frank-Leonel; Tankeu, Ronni; Danwang, Celestin
- Abstract
Mortality rate among critically ill patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit is high, particularly in low-income countries (LIC). Many scores have been developed to predict these fatal outcomes. In LIC, the applicability of scoring systems is precluded by the unavailability of resources to compile all the parameters of these scores. Herein, we highlight the advantages of two models: the Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) and the Rapid Emergency Medical Score (REMS). The REMS and the MEWS have the advantage of being accurate, simple, inexpensive, and practical for LIC.
- Subjects
CRITICAL care medicine; INTENSIVE care patients; MEDICAL emergencies
- Publication
International Journal of Applied & Basic Medical Research, 2018, Vol 8, Issue 3, p199
- ISSN
2229-516X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_15_18