Prevalence of and characteristics associated with in-hospital mortality in a Ugandan neurology ward
Diaz MM, Hu X, Fenton BT, Kimuli I, Lee A, Lindsey H, Bigelow JK, Maiser S, Altalib HH, Sico JJ. Prevalence of and characteristics associated with in-hospital mortality in a Ugandan neurology ward. BMC Neurology 2020, 20: 42. PMID: 32005185, PMCID: PMC6995141, DOI: 10.1186/s12883-020-1627-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedCohort StudiesFemaleHospital MortalityHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedNervous System DiseasesNeurologyPrevalenceProportional Hazards ModelsUgandaConceptsNeurology wardHead traumaHospital mortalityWorse survivalCommon diagnosisMultivariate Cox proportional hazard modelingSub-Saharan African hospitalsCox proportional hazard modelingKaplan-Meier survival curvesConclusionsIn-hospital mortalityPatient-level predictorsHigh-risk groupProportional hazard modelingDiagnosis of infectionTime of deathIndex hospitalizationHospital admissionMulago HospitalNeurologic illnessAfrican hospitalsNeurologic diseaseSurvival curvesPatientsHazard modelingMortality