Variations in injury characteristics among paediatric patients following trauma: A retrospective descriptive analysis comparing pre-hospital and in-hospital deaths at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi

BACKGROUND: Trauma is a major cause of paediatric mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. In absence of pre-hospital care, the injury mechanism and cause of death is difficult to characterise. Injury characteristics of pre-hospital deaths (PHD) versus in-hospital deaths (IHD) were compared. METHODS: Using...

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Publicado en:Malawi Med J
Main Authors: Purcell, Laura, Mabedi, Charles E, Gallaher, Jared, Mjuweni, Steven, McLean, Sean, Cairns, Bruce, Charles, Anthony
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: The Medical Association Of Malawi 2017
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5610286/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28955423
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