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The burden of trauma at a district hospital in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.

African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence

Zaidi AA, Dixon J, Lupez K, De Vries S, Wallis LA, Ginde A, Mould-Millman NK.
PMID: 31073509
Afr J Emerg Med. 2019;9:S14-S20. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2019.01.007. Epub 2019 Jan 19.

BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan Africa bears a disproportionate burden of mortality from trauma. District hospitals, although not trauma centres, play a critical role in the trauma care system by serving as frontline hospitals. However, the clinical characteristics of patients receiving trauma...

Age-related laryngoscopic visual acuity.

African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence

Mathews AM, Stein C, Richter M.
PMID: 33680745
Afr J Emerg Med. 2021 Jun;11(2):218-222. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2020.12.002. Epub 2021 Feb 19.

BACKGROUND: Endotracheal intubation by direct laryngoscopy is a mainstay of advanced airway management performed both in the prehospital environment and in the Emergency Department. Many factors may affect the quality of view during direct laryngoscopy, one of them being...

Perceptions and reflections of early graduates of the first emergency medicine residency program in Ethiopia: A qualitative study.

African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence

Meshkat N, Fremes E, Burke-Bajaj J, Kebede S, Hunchak C.
PMID: 35004135
Afr J Emerg Med. 2022 Mar;12(1):7-11. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2021.09.004. Epub 2021 Dec 28.

INTRODUCTION: A bi-institutional partnership between physicians at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia and the University of Toronto, Canada led the development and implementation of a novel emergency medicine (EM) postgraduate training program at Addis Ababa University (AAU). Subsequently, the first...

Factors affecting initiation of palliative care in a Ugandan Emergency Department.

African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence

Nalugya LG, Harborne D, Reid E.
PMID: 34765429
Afr J Emerg Med. 2021 Dec;11(4):442-446. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2021.06.005. Epub 2021 Oct 28.

INTRODUCTION: The Emergency Department (ED) of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital serves a largely rural population of 4 million people in western Uganda. Here, ED patients with incurable illness often have prolonged stays. Palliative care (PC) is a low-cost intervention...

Adapted full-face snorkel masks as an alternative for COVID-19 personal protection during aerosol generating procedures in South Africa: A multi-centre, non-blinded .

African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence

Herselman R, Lalloo V, Ueckermann V, van Tonder DJ, de Jager E, Spijkerman S, van der Merwe W, du Pisane M, Hattingh F, Stanton D, Hofmeyr R.
PMID: 34540572
Afr J Emerg Med. 2021 Dec;11(4):436-441. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2021.08.002. Epub 2021 Sep 13.

INTRODUCTION: SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in increased worldwide demand for personal protective equipment (PPE). With pressure from ongoing epidemic and endemic episodes, we assessed an adapted snorkel mask that provides full-face protection for healthcare workers (HCWs), particularly during aerosol-generating procedures....

Survival status and predictors of mortality among traumatic brain injury patients in an Ethiopian hospital: A retrospective cohort study.

African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence

Amare AT, Tesfaye TD, Ali AS, Woelile TA, Birlie TA, Kebede WM, Tassew SF, Chanie ES, Fleke DG.
PMID: 34703730
Afr J Emerg Med. 2021 Dec;11(4):396-403. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2021.06.003. Epub 2021 Oct 14.

INTRODUCTION: Traumatic brain injury is a major global public health problem causing substantial mortality among the adult population. Hence, this study aimed to determine the predictors of mortality among adult traumatic brain injury patients in Felegehiwot Comprehensive Specialized Hospital...

Developing a research question: A research primer for low- and middle-income countries.

African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence

Mitchell RD, O'Reilly GM, Phillips GA, Sale T, Roy N.
PMID: 33304792
Afr J Emerg Med. 2020;10:S109-S114. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2020.05.004. Epub 2020 Jun 11.

As demand for emergency care (EC) systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) grows, there is an urgent need to expand the evidence base for clinical and systems interventions in resource limited EC settings. Clinicians are well placed to...

Acquiring data in medical research: A research primer for low- and middle-income countries.

African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence

Totten V, Simon EL, Jalili M, Sawe HR.
PMID: 33304796
Afr J Emerg Med. 2020;10:S135-S139. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2020.09.009. Epub 2020 Oct 01.

Without data, there is no new knowledge generated. There may be interesting speculation, new paradigms or theories, but without data gathered from the universe, as representative of the truth in the universe as possible, there will be no new...

The variables perceived to be important during patient handover by South African prehospital care providers.

African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence

Makkink AW, Stein COA, Bruijns SR, Gottschalk S.
PMID: 31193748
Afr J Emerg Med. 2019 Jun;9(2):87-90. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2019.01.014. Epub 2019 Feb 08.

INTRODUCTION: High-acuity patients are typically transported directly to the emergency centre via ambulance by trained prehospital care providers. As such, the emergency centre becomes the first of many physical transition points for patients, where a change of care provider...

Impact of nursing education and a monitoring tool on outcomes in traumatic brain injury.

African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence

Gamble M, Luggya TS, Mabweijano J, Nabulime J, Mowafi H.
PMID: 33299746
Afr J Emerg Med. 2020 Dec;10(4):181-187. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2020.05.013. Epub 2020 Jun 19.

INTRODUCTION: Throughout the world, traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Low-and middle-income countries experience an especially high burden of TBI. While guidelines for TBI management exist in high income countries, little...

Developing sustainable prehospital trauma education in Rwanda.

African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence

Rosenberg A, Kabagema I, Asay B, Uwitonze JM, Louka S, Nkeshimana M, Mbanjumucyo G, Wolfe L, Valukas C, Dushime T, Jayaraman S.
PMID: 33299755
Afr J Emerg Med. 2020 Dec;10(4):234-238. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2020.07.015. Epub 2020 Nov 02.

INTRODUCTION: Every year, >5 million people worldwide die from trauma. In Kigali, Rwanda, 50% of prehospital care provided by SAMU, the public prehospital system, is for trauma. Our collaboration developed and implemented a context-specific, prehospital Emergency Trauma Care Course...

The air up there - Chilaiditi's syndrome: A case report and review of the literature.

African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence

Tariq HA, Pillay T.
PMID: 33299761
Afr J Emerg Med. 2020 Dec;10(4):266-268. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2020.04.001. Epub 2020 May 25.

Chilaiditi's sign is the presence of radiolucency in the subdiaphragmatic space as a result of colonic interposition, often misdiagnosed as a pneumoperitoneum. It is caused by anatomical variations that result in transpositioning of bowel within the subdiaphragmatic space. Chilaiditi's...

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