The SAPS 3 score as a predictor of hospital mortality in a South African tertiary intensive care unit: A prospective cohort study.

• Elizabeth van der Merwe ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Elizabeth van der Merwe, Jacinto Kapp, Sisa Pazi, Robert Freercks

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lizvdm@gmail.com

  Affiliations Adult Critical Care Unit, Livingstone Tertiary Hospital, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4628-8885

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• Jacinto Kapp ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Elizabeth van der Merwe, Jacinto Kapp, Sisa Pazi, Robert Freercks

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Adult Critical Care Unit, Livingstone Tertiary Hospital, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa

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• Sisa Pazi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Elizabeth van der Merwe, Jacinto Kapp, Sisa Pazi, Robert Freercks

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Statistics, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

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• Ryan Aylward ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Adult Critical Care Unit, Livingstone Tertiary Hospital, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3830-1795

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• Minette Van Niekerk ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Adult Critical Care Unit, Livingstone Tertiary Hospital, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

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• Busisiwe Mrara,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa

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• Robert Freercks

  Contributed equally to this work with: Elizabeth van der Merwe, Jacinto Kapp, Sisa Pazi, Robert Freercks

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Livingstone Hospital, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Division Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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