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What intracranial pathologies are most likely to receive intervention? A preliminary study on referrals from an emergency centre with no on-site neurosurgical capabilities

INTRODUCTION: Access to neurosurgical facilities remains limited in resource-restricted medical environments worldwide, including Africa. Many hospitals refer patients to off-site facilities if they require intervention. Unnecessary referrals, however, can be detrimental to the patient and/or costly...

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Autores principales: Goldstein, Lara Nicole, Beringer, Craig, Morrow, Lumé
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: African Federation for Emergency Medicine 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6234178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30456118
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2017.04.012