Predicting Mortality in Low-Income Country ICUs: The Rwanda Mortality Probability Model (R-MPM).

Predicting Mortality in Low-Income Country ICUs: The Rwanda Mortality Probability Model (R-MPM).

INTRODUCTION:Intensive Care Unit (ICU) risk prediction models are used to compare outcomes for quality improvement initiatives, benchmarking, and research. While such models provide robust tools in high-income countries, an ICU risk prediction model has not been validated in a low-income country whe...

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Main Authors: Elisabeth D Riviello, Willy Kiviri, Robert A Fowler, Ariel Mueller, Victor Novack, Valerie M Banner-Goodspeed, Julia L Weinkauf, Daniel S Talmor, Theogene Twagirumugabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4873171?pdf=render

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