Clinical predictor of mortality in patients with Ebola virus disease.

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Clinical predictor of mortality in patients with Ebola virus disease.

Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Mar 13;

Authors: Barry M, Touré A, Traoré FA, Sako FB, Sylla D, Kpamy DO, Bah EI, Bangoura M, Poncin M, Keita S, Tounkara TM, Cisse M, Vanhems P

Abstract
In an observational cohort study including 89 Ebola patients, predictor factors of death were analyzed. The crude mortality rate was 43.8%. Myalgia (OR; 4.04; P=0.02), hemorrhage (OR=3.52; P=0.02), and difficulty breathing (OR= 5.75; P=0.01) were independently associated with death.

PMID: 25770172 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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