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
2019
Emergency care surveillance and emergency care registries in low-income and middle-income countries: conceptual challenges and future directions for research
Mowafi H, Ngaruiya C, O'Reilly G, Kobusingye O, Kapil V, Rubiano A, Ong M, Puyana JC, Rahman AF, Jooma R, Beecroft B, Razzak J. Emergency care surveillance and emergency care registries in low-income and middle-income countries: conceptual challenges and future directions for research. BMJ Global Health 2019, 4: e001442. PMID: 31406601, PMCID: PMC6666805, DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001442.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCare surveillanceEmergency careMiddle-income countriesRegistry researchStandard clinical formsDisability-adjusted life yearsPopulation-based researchUS National InstitutesClinical formsGlobal emergency careOverall burdenRegistry dataEmergency unitLongitudinal surveillanceLife yearsFogarty International CenterGlobal deathsLMIC settingsWorking GroupHealth recordsCareNational InstituteSurveillancePaucity of researchBurden