2020
Defining High‐risk Emergency Chief Complaints: Data‐driven Triage for Low‐ and Middle‐income Countries
Rice B, Leanza J, Mowafi H, Kamara N, Mulogo EM, Bisanzo M, Nikam K, Kizza H, Newberry JA, Strehlow M, Group G, Kohn M. Defining High‐risk Emergency Chief Complaints: Data‐driven Triage for Low‐ and Middle‐income Countries. Academic Emergency Medicine 2020, 27: 1291-1301. PMID: 32416022, PMCID: PMC7818254, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk chief complaintsChief complaintMiddle-income countriesPatient outcomesLMIC settingsVital signsMortality odds ratioLevel of consciousnessLogistic regression modelsLocal disease patternsHIV statusMortality oddsOdds ratioDerivation data setsEmergency unitMortality riskEmergency careEmergency training programsDerivation dataDisease patternsTriage systemRisk categoriesComplaintsPatient dataTriage data
2018
Derivation and validation of a chief complaint shortlist for unscheduled acute and emergency care in Uganda
Rice BT, Bisanzo M, Maling S, Joseph R, Mowafi H, Chamberlain S, Dreifuss B, Hammerstedt H, Langevin M, Nelson S, Periyanayagam U. Derivation and validation of a chief complaint shortlist for unscheduled acute and emergency care in Uganda. BMJ Open 2018, 8: e020188. PMID: 29950461, PMCID: PMC6020949, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020188.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChief complaintPatient visitsInter-rater reliabilityEmergency careQuality assurance databaseEmergency care practitionersConsensus processSubstantial inter-rater reliabilityRetrospective reviewDerivation datasetCare practitionersComplaintsValidation datasetSouthwestern UgandaSecond validation datasetVisitsCohen's kappaCareKappaSeparate validation datasetData entryProfit hospitalsStataHospitalUganda
2013
Making Recording and Analysis of Chief Complaint a Priority for Global Emergency Care Research in Low‐income Countries
Mowafi H, Dworkis D, Bisanzo M, Hansoti B, Seidenberg P, Obermeyer Z, Hauswald M, Reynolds TA. Making Recording and Analysis of Chief Complaint a Priority for Global Emergency Care Research in Low‐income Countries. Academic Emergency Medicine 2013, 20: 1241-1245. PMID: 24283813, DOI: 10.1111/acem.12262.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChief complaintEmergency care researchEmergency care systemLimited resource settingsEmergency careLow-income countriesCare researchCare systemLimited-resource areasAcute care needsAcademic Emergency Medicine consensus conferenceGlobal emergency careHigh-income countriesClinical utilityConsensus conferenceCare needsMedical careComplaintsCareGlobal healthHigher proportionParticular benefitBreakout groupsSettingCrucial data gap