Describing trauma patient characteristics and care provided at a referral hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania: a prospective cross-sectional study
Trauma-related referrals are common in the young with the majority presenting from the Mwanza region. Most patients were referred from another health facility in line the with Tanzanian referral channel. Most patients had severe injury and amongst all IV cannulation was the most prevalent lifesaving intervention at EMD.
Authors
- Shahzmah Suleman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0784-1243)
- Colleen Fant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6632-4778)
- Vihar Kotecha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8228-9746)
- Douglas Lorenz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8114-0926)
- Charles Uttoh
- Rebecca Yalimo
Institutions
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- University of Louisville (US)
- Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (TZ)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Bugando Medical Centre (TZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2024-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-024-00775-2
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.38
Funders
- Northwestern University
- Feinberg School of Medicine