Epidemiology of paediatric surgical admissions to a government referral hospital in the Gambia

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1330-1336

  Bickler, Stephen W ^a,b   Sanno Duanda, Boto ^a  

^a Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child, hospitalized; Gambia; Hospitals, public; Prospective studies; Referral and consultation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GAMBIA; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE; GAMBIA; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0033750532     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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