Prediction of inpatient mortality in hospitalised children in low- and middle-income countries: An external validation of paediatric mortality risk scores
All scores demonstrated lower validation performance than originally reported. Among children without wasting, most risk prediction scores performed acceptably whilst in malnourished children they performed poorly. There is a need for a malnutrition specific score. Further research is needed on specific actions in responding to scores. Integration into future guidelines will require acknowledging staffing, resources and workflows.
Authors
- Amelie von Saint André-von Arnim
- Robert Bandsma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6358-4750)
- James Alexander Berkley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1236-849X)
- Daniëlla Brals
- Judd L. Walson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4836-720X)
- Assaf P. Oron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1896-6079)
- Wieger P. Voskuijl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5825-2831)
- Ezekiel Mupere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8746-9009)
- Moses M. Ngari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7149-5491)
- Narshion Ngao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0144-9577)
- Christopher Lwanga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7239-2005)
- Farzana Afroze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9545-2266)
- Mohammod Jobayer Chisti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9958-3071)
- Ananda Pradhan
Institutions
- Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- University of Washington (US)
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
- Kamuzu Central Hospital (MW)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (US)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Emma Kinderziekenhuis (NL)
- Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (NL)
- The Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network (KE)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (MW)
- Makerere University (UG)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Global Health
- Published
- 2024-12-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.14.04235
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.33
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation