Browsing by Subject "injury"
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Barriers and Facilitators to Emergency Care: Acute Injury in the Kilimanjaro Region
(2023)Background: Trauma and injury present a significant global burden – one that is only exacerbated in low- and middle-income settings like Tanzania. We aimed to describe the landscape of emergency care and financial catastrophe ... -
CXCL10 is Upregulated in Synovium and Cartilage following Articular Fracture.
(J Orthop Res, 2017-09-14)The objective of this study was to investigate the expression of the chemokine CXCL10 and its role in joint tissues following articular fracture. We hypothesized that CXCL10 is upregulated following articular fracture and ... -
Epidemiology and Predictors of Mortality of Traumatic Brain Injury at Kigali University Teaching Hospital Accident and Emergency Department
(2015)Background:Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability. TBI patients in low and middle- income countries (LMIC) have twice the odds of death than in high-income countries. There is limited data ... -
Increasing Motorcycle Taxi Driver Conspicuity in Tanzania
(2014)Motorcycle crash related injuries and deaths are increasing rapidly in many African nations. Utilizing conspicuity measures, such as wearing reflective, fluorescent safety vests, are effective as crash prevention strategies. ... -
Mid-upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) and injury characteristics in hospitalized patients in an emergency department of North Tanzania
(2021)Background: The impact of malnutrition on the outcomes of hospitalized adult patients in resource-limited settings is not fully described. We aimed to report our observation of the comparison made between mid-upper ... -
Quantifying injury rates on nesting leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) at Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, St. Croix
(2017-04-27)Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge (SPNWR) in St. Croix is one of three critical US nesting locations for leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea). Many female leatherbacks nesting at SPNWR have been observed with ... -
Regional anesthesia for the trauma patient: improving patient outcomes.
(Local Reg Anesth, 2015)Trauma is a significant health problem and a leading cause of death in all age groups. Pain related to trauma is frequently severe, but is often undertreated in the trauma population. Opioids are widely used to treat pain ...
