The utility of red cell distribution width to predict mortality of septic patients in a tertiary hospital of Nepal

The utility of red cell distribution width to predict mortality of septic patients in a tertiary hospital of Nepal

Abstract Background Sepsis is a common problem encountered in the emergency room which needs to be intervened early. Predicting prognosis is always a difficult task in busy emergency rooms using present scores, which has several variables to calculate. Red cell distribution width (RDW) is an easy, c...

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Main Authors: Rajan Ghimire, Yogendra Man Shakya, Tirtha Man Shrestha, Ram Prasad Neupane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Red cell distribution width
Sepsis
Emergency care
Mortality
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12873-020-00337-8

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