The inability to walk unassisted at hospital admission as a valuable triage tool to predict hospital mortality in Rwandese patients with suspected infection.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the value of the inability to walk unassisted to predict hospital mortality in patients with suspected infection in a resource-limited setting.

Methods

This is a post hoc study of a prospective trial performed in rural Rwanda. Patients hospitalized because of a suspected acute infection and who were able to walk unassisted before this disease episode were included. At hospital presentation, the walking status was graded into: 1) can walk unassisted, 2) can walk assisted only, 3) cannot walk. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses and two-by-two tables were used to determine the sensitivity, specificity, negative and positive predictive values of the inability to walk unassisted to predict in-hospital death.

Results

One-thousand-sixty-nine

SUBMITTER: Kwizera A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7034857 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature