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What resources are used in emergency departments in rural sub-Saharan Africa? A retrospective analysis of patient care in a district-level hospital in Uganda

OBJECTIVES: To determine the most commonly used resources (provider procedural skills, medications, laboratory studies and imaging) needed to care for patients. SETTING: A single emergency department (ED) of a district-level hospital in rural Uganda. PARTICIPANTS: 26 710 patient visits. RESULTS: Pro...

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Autores principales:	Bitter, Cindy Carol, Rice, Brian, Periyanayagam, Usha, Dreifuss, Bradley, Hammerstedt, Heather, Nelson, Sara W, Bisanzo, Mark, Maling, Samuel, Chamberlain, Stacey
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BMJ Publishing Group 2018
Materias:	Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5855402/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29478017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019024

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