Operative mortality in resource-limited settings: The experience of Médecins Sans Frontières in 13 countries

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 721-725

  Chu, Kathryn M ^a,b   Ford, Nathan ^b   Trelles, Miguel ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ADOLESCENT; ALTRUISM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955646490     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.137     Document Type: Article

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