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

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dc.contributor.authorDiaz, Monica M.
dc.contributor.authorHu, Xin
dc.contributor.authorFenton, Brenda T.
dc.contributor.authorKimuli, Ivan
dc.contributor.authorLee, Allison
dc.contributor.authorLindsey, Hayley
dc.contributor.authorBigelow, Jeffrey K.
dc.contributor.authorMaiser, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorAltalib, Hamada H.
dc.contributor.authorSico, Jason J.
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-24T19:59:39Z
dc.date.available2022-01-24T19:59:39Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractWhile 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. Data was prospectively collected on 335 patients admitted to the Neurology ward of Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. Kaplan-Meier survival curves and multivariate COX proportional hazard modeling were used to assess survival. Within our sample (n = 307), 35.8% received no diagnosis at time of hospital admission. Stroke (27.3%), head trauma (19.6%), and malaria (16.0%) were the most common diagnoses. Among the 56 (18.5%) patients who died during the index hospitalization, the most common diagnosis at admission and at death was stroke. Adjusted regression analysis showed that patients without a diagnosis at time of death (HR = 7.01 [2.42–20.35], p < .001) and those with diagnoses of infections (HR = 5.21 [2.16–12.58], p = <.001), stroke (HR = 2.69 [1.20–6.04], p = .017), or head trauma (HR = 3.39, [1.27–9.07], p = 0.15) had worse survival.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDiaz, M. M., Hu, X., Fenton, B. T., Kimuli, I., Lee, A., Lindsey, H., ... & Sico, J. J. (2020). Prevalence of and characteristics associated with in-hospital mortality in a Ugandan neurology ward. BMC neurology, 20(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-020-1627-5en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-020-1627-5
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1524
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBMC neurologyen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.subjectNeurological illnessen_US
dc.subjectNeurological infectionsen_US
dc.subjectStrokeen_US
dc.subjectHead traumaen_US
dc.subjectGlobal neurologyen_US
dc.titlePrevalence of and characteristics associated with in-hospital mortality in a Ugandan neurology warden_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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