Acute care needs in a rural Sub-Saharan African Emergency Centre: A retrospective analysis

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 151-158

  Periyanayagam, Usha ^a   Dreifuss, Brad ^b,c   Hammerstedt, Heather ^c,d   Chamberlain, Stacey ^c,e   Nelson, Sara ^c,f   Bosco, Kamugisha Jon ^c,h   Pellone, Koshaba ^c,h   Bisanzo, Mark ^c,g  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Global Emergency Care Collaborative   (United States)

^d Idaho Emergency Physicians   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^h Karoli Lwanga Hospital   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Emergency Department; Rural; Training; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; ECDYSONE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; PARACETAMOL; SEDATIVE AGENT; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PARACENTESIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PILOT STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SUTURING METHOD; THORAX DRAINAGE; UGANDA; WOUND CARE;

EID: 84871853681     PISSN: 2211419X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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