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

African Journal of Emergency Medicine - Tập 2 - Trang 151-158 - 2012
Usha Periyanayagam1, Brad Dreifuss2,3, Heather Hammerstedt3,4, Stacey Chamberlain3,5, Sara Nelson3,6, Kamugisha Jon Bosco3,7, Koshaba Pellone3,7, Mark Bisanzo3,8
1Northwestern University, 211 East Ontario Street, Suite 300, Chicago 60611, IL, USA
2University of Arizona, 2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson 85713, AZ, USA
3Global Emergency Care Collaborative, 419 North Harvey Avenue, Oak Park 60302, IL, USA
4Idaho Emergency Physicians, 2963 East Copper Point Drive, Meridian 83642, ID, USA
5University of Illinois at Chicago, Center for Global Health, 1940 West Taylor Street, Second floor, Chicago 60612, IL, USA
6Maine Medical Center, 22 Bramhall Street, Portland 04102, ME, USA
7Karoli Lwanga Hospital, P.O. Box 31, Nyakibale Road, Nyakibale, Rukungiri, Uganda
8University of Massachusetts, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester 01655, MA, USA

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