[HTML][HTML] Critical care delivery across health care systems in low-income and low-middle-income country settings: A systematic review

ES Bartlett, A Lim, S Kivlehan, LI Losonczy… - Journal of global …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Prior research has demonstrated that low-and low-middle-income countries
(LLMICs) bear a higher burden of critical illness and have a higher rate of mortality from …

Potential solutions for screening, triage, and severity scoring of suspected COVID-19 positive patients in low-resource settings: a scoping review

S Hirner, JL Pigoga, AV Naidoo, EJC Hynes… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Purposefully designed and validated screening, triage, and severity scoring tools
are needed to reduce mortality of COVID-19 in low-resource settings (LRS). This review …

The costs of delivering emergency care at regional referral hospitals in Uganda: a micro-costing study

K Werner, TK Lin, N Risko, M Osiro, J Kalanzi… - BMC health services …, 2021 - Springer
Background Uganda experiences a high morbidity and mortality burden due to conditions
amenable to emergency care, yet few public hospitals have dedicated emergency units. As …

[HTML][HTML] Derivation of a contextually-appropriate COVID-19 mortality scale for low-resource settings

JL Pigoga, YO Omer, LA Wallis - Annals of Global Health, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: In many low-and middle-income countries, where vaccinations will be delayed
and healthcare systems are underdeveloped, the COVID-19 pandemic will continue for the …

Emergency care of sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa: Mortality and non-physician clinician management of sepsis in rural Uganda from 2010 to 2019

B Rice, S Calo, JB Kamugisha, N Kamara… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Little data exists from sub-Saharan Africa describing incidence and outcomes of
sepsis in emergency units and uncertainty exists surrounding optimal management of sepsis …

The burden of hypertension in the emergency department and linkage to care: A prospective cohort study in Tanzania

SW Galson, JW Stanifer, JT Hertz, G Temu… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Objectives Globally, hypertension affects one billion people and disproportionately burdens
low-and middle-income countries. Despite the high disease burden in sub-Saharan Africa …

Mortality after emergency unit fluid bolus in febrile Ugandan children

B Rice, J Hawkins, S Nakato, N Kamara… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Objectives Pediatric fluid resuscitation in sub-Saharan Africa has traditionally occurred in
inpatients. The landmark Fluid Expansion as Supportive Therapy (FEAST) trial showed fluid …

[HTML][HTML] African Federation for Emergency Medicine resources for managing COVID-19 in low resourced settings

LA Wallis - African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite containment efforts, infection with SARS-CoV-2 has reached pandemic status. More
than three-quarters of the world's nations and territories have been affected, and cases are …

Development of an Emergency Department Safety Checklist through a global consensus process

L Rovati, D Privitera, AS Finch, JM Litell… - Internal and Emergency …, 2024 - Springer
Emergency departments (EDs) are at high risk for medical errors. Checklist implementation
programs have been associated with improved patient outcomes in other high-risk clinical …

Incidence and outcomes after out-of-hospital medical emergencies in Gambia: a case for the integration of prehospital care and Emergency Medical Services in …

S Touray, B Sanyang, G Zandrow… - Prehospital and Disaster …, 2018 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThe Gambia is going through a rapid epidemiologic transition with a dual
disease burden of infections and non-communicable diseases occurring at the same time …