An assessment of critical care capacity in the Gambia

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 47, Issue , 2018, Pages 245-253

  Touray, Sunkaru ^a   Sanyang, Baboucarr ^b   Zandrow, Gregory ^a   Dibba, Fatoumatta ^d   Fadera, Kaddy ^h   Kanteh, Ebrima ^e   Danso, Madikoi ^f   Sanyang, Landing N ^d   Njie, Masirending ^b   Johnson, Grey ^b   Sanyang, Awa ^g   Touray, Awa ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Serekunda General Hospital   (Gambia)

^c UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Bundung Maternal and Child Health Hospital   (Gambia)

^e Sukuta Health Centre   (Gambia)

^f MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^g Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

^h Gunjur Health Center   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; GAMBIA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; OBSTETRIC EMERGENCY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SECONDARY CARE CENTER; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION;

CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCIES; GAMBIA; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLIC HEALTH; RESUSCITATION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85050509242     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2018.07.022     Document Type: Article

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