title: Vital signs: the first step in prevention and management of critical illness in resource-limited settings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, 177 Fort Washington Avenue, Milstein Hospital Building, 6C-12, New York, NY, USA. mjc2244@columbia.edu.
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.affiliation: Department of National Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda.
authors.forename: Joseph F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Wamala
authors.affiliation: Uganda Virus Research Institute, National Influenza Center, Entebbe, Uganda.
authors.forename: Barnabas
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bakamutumaho
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.|Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
authors.forename: J Lucian
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness; D006295:Health Resources; D006801:Humans; D055986:Vital Signs