Quantifying the Burden of Selected Severe Acute Respiratory Illnesses (SARI) in Sri Lankan Hospitals: A 2025 eIMMR ICD-10 Data Study
Background and aim: Severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) is a syndromic concept widely used for respiratory disease surveillance and burden estimation. In settings where routine clinical case definition fields are not consistently recorded, ICD-10 discharge diagnoses can be used as a pragmatic proxy to quantify inpatient burden and severe outcomes. The aim is to describe […]
