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Rural trauma team development training amongst medical trainees and traffic law enforcement professionals in a low-income country: a protocol for a prospective multicenter interrupted time series
(National Library of Medicine - PubMed Central, 2024-02-08)
Road traffic injuries and their resulting mortality disproportionately affect rural communities in low-middle-income countries (LMICs) due to limited human and infrastructural resources for postcrash care. Evidence from ...
Building trauma and EMS systems capacity in Rwanda: lessons and recommendations
(Ubiquity Press Ltd , Unit 3.22, East London Works, 65-75 Whitechapel Road, London, England, E1 1du, 2021)
Background: Surgical capacity building has gained substantial momentum. However, care at the hospital level depends on improved access to emergency services. There is no established model for facilitating trauma and EMS ...
Effect of rural trauma team development on outcomes of motorcycle related injuries: a protocol for a multi-center cluster randomized controlled clinical trial (The MOTOR trial)
(medRxiv preprint, 2023-12-09)
Injury is a global health concern whose mortality disproportionately impact low-income countries. Compelling evidence from high-income countries show that rural trauma team
development courses (RTTDC) increase clinicians’ ...
Factors associated with severity and anatomical distribution of diabetic foot ulcer in Uganda: a multicenter cross-sectional study
(BMC Springer Nature, 2023-03-10)
Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a devastating complication of diabetes mellitus (DM) that is associated with
increased mortality, morbidity, amputation rate and economic burden. This study aimed at identifying the ...
Use of face masks to limit the spread of the COVID-19 among western Ugandans: Knowledge, attitude and practices
(PLOS One, 2021-03-24)
The world is grappling with an ever-changing COVID-19 pandemic using preventive measures such as personal hygiene, face masks, restrictions on travel and gatherings in communities, in addition to a race to find a vaccine. ...
Feasibility of rural trauma team development amongst medical trainees and traffic law enforcement professionals in a low-income country: a prospective multi-centre study of interrupted time series of interventional training
(Research Square Preprints, 2023-10-05)
Research shows that trauma team formation could potentially improve effectiveness of injury care in
rural settings. The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of the use of rural medical trainees
and road ...
Pain assessment following open hemorrhoidectomy under local anesthesia versus saddle block: a multicenter randomized controlled trial
(BMC Springer Nature, 2023-05-12)
There is disparity in evidence on pain assessment post open hemorrhoidectomy (OH) using local anesthesia and its use in developing countries compared to developed countries. Therefore, we conducted this study to
assess ...
Local anesthesia versus saddle block for open hemorrhoidectomy: cost-analysis from a randomized, double blind controlled trial
(BMC Springer Nature, 2023-11-22)
Despite the benefits attributed to the use of local anesthesia (LA) for open hemorrhoidectomy (OH) in
developed countries, this technique is still not considered as the first line technique in low-income countries such ...
The double burden of Ebola and COVID-19 viral infections and the readiness for safe surgical care provision in Uganda and the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: an online cross-sectional survey
(Research Square, 2021)
Objective: This study aimed at highlighting the extent to which Uganda and the Eastern DR Congo are
ready for safe surgical care provision during the double burden of Ebola and COVID-19.
Methods: An online cross-sectional ...
Surgery of COVID-19-infected patients in Africa: a scoping
(Annals of African Surgery, 2021)
Objective: The aim of this scoping review was to highlight the nature and scope of research and publications about surgery in COVID-19-infected patients in Africa in order to inform guidelines
applicable in Africa. Methods: ...