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Trends in mortality associated with opening of a full-capacity public emergency department at the main tertiary-level hospital in Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Emergency medicine is an emerging specialty in Sub-Saharan Africa, and most hospitals do not have a fully functional emergency department (ED). We describe the mortality rates of the Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania before and after the opening of a full-capac...

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Autores principales: Sawe, Hendry R., Mfinanga, Juma A., Mwafongo, Victor, Reynolds, Teri A., Runyon, Michael S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4510107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26207149
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-015-0073-4