Characteristics and outcomes of adult emergency ward patients with sepsis who received corticosteroids at the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda
In patients with sepsis in Uganda, receiving corticosteroids was associated with severity of illness and meningitis, and receiving corticosteroids was associated with improved outcomes.
Authors
- Reagan Kakande (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5061-7525)
- Rinah Arinaitwe
- Eva Otoupalova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6026-6124)
- Mark R. Conaway (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0459-2336)
- Edwin Nuwagira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7526-9504)
- Christopher C. Moore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4649-0511)
- W. Girard
- Muhammad Zulfiqar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9027-6913)
- Phoebe Gruccio
- Victor Adejayan
- Michael Ndyomugabe
- Philemon Ojuman
Institutions
- Tulane University (US)
- Mbarara University of Science and Technology (UG)
- University of Virginia (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emergency Medicine Journal
- Published
- 2025-10-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2025-214957
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00