Burn management capacity in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review of 458 hospitals across 14 countries

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1070-1073

  Gupta, Shailvi ^a,b,c   Wong, Evan G ^b,c,d   Mahmood, Umbareen ^e   Charles, Anthony G ^f   Nwomeh, Benedict C ^c,g   Kushner, Adam L ^b,c,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Surgeons OverSeas SOS   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Countries; Global surgery; Low and middle income; Surgical capacity

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BURN; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; RESUSCITATION; SKIN GRAFT; SURGEON; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BURNS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MANPOWER; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BURNS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; RESUSCITATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGEONS;

EID: 84907965111     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.08.353     Document Type: Article

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