Prognostic role of TOPS in ambulance-transferred neonates in a low-resource setting: a retrospective observational study

• Main Authors: Francesco Cavallin (Author), Annaelena Contin (Author), Natércia Alfeu (Author), Belinda Macmillian (Author), Amir Hussein Abubacar Seni (Author), Bonifacio Rodriguez Cebola (Author), Serena Calgaro (Author), Giovanni Putoto (Author), Daniele Trevisanuto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Assessing the severity of transferred neonates at admission can improve resource allocation. This study evaluated the role of TOPS (illness severity score including temperature, oxygen saturation, skin perfusion and blood sugar) in predicting mortality in neonates transferred by...