Decreased pediatric hospital mortality after an intervention to improve emergency care in Lilongwe, Malawi

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Robison, Jeff A ^a,b,c   Ahmad, Zahida P ^c,d   Nosek, Carl A ^b,c,e   Durand, Charlotte ^c,f   Namathanga, Annie ^c   Milazi, Robert ^c   Thomas, Ann ^b,g   Soprano, Joyce V ^a   Mwansambo, Charles ^c   Kazembe, Peter N ^h   Torrey, Susan B ^b,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Texas Children's Hospital   (Malawi)

^c KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^d HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Baylor Children's Foundation Malawi   (Malawi)

ⁱ NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Emergency medicine; ETAT; Global health; Hospital mortality; International; Pediatric emergency medicine; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALAWI; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD MORTALITY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAWI; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; TRIAGE;

EID: 84865720640     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-0026     Document Type: Article

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