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2020 Jan 31


BMC Neurol


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Prevalence of and characteristics associated with in-hospital mortality in a Ugandan neurology ward.

Authors

Diaz MM, Hu X, Fenton BT, Kimuli I, Lee A, Lindsey H, Bigelow JK, Maiser S, Altalib HH, Sico JJ
BMC Neurol. 2020 Jan 31; 20(1):42.
PMID: 32005185.

Abstract

While the burden of neurologic illness in developing countries is increasing, less is known about mortality among patients admitted to sub-Saharan African hospitals with neurologic disease. We sought to characterize the rate and patient-level predictors of in-hospital mortality in a Ugandan Neurology ward.cc.