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Jurnal internasional Afrika vol.11 issue 4 2021<br /><br /> African Journal of Emergency Medicine<br /><br /> Adapted full-face snorkel masks as an alternative for COVID-19 personal protection during aerosol generating procedures in South Africa: A multi-centre, non-blinded in-situ simulation study
Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in increased worldwide demand for personal protective equipment (PPE).
With pressure from ongoing epidemic and endemic episodes, we assessed an adapted snorkel mask that provides
full-face protection for…

Jurnal internasional Afrika vol.11 issue 4 2021<br /><br /> African Journal of Emergency Medicine<br /><br /> Demographics and clinical characteristics of hospitalised patients under investigation for COVID-19 with an initial negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR test result
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is placing abnormally high and ongoing demands on healthcare systems.
Little is known about the full effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on diseases other than COVID-19 in the South
African setting.
Objective: To…

Jurnal internasional Afrika vol.11 issue 4 2021<br /><br /> African Journal of Emergency Medicine<br /><br /> Injury burdens and care delivery in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kigali, Rwanda: A prospective interrupted cross-sectional study
Introduction: Injuries cause significant burdens in sub-Saharan Africa. In Rwanda, national regulations to reduce
COVID-19 altered population mobility and resource allocations. This study evaluated epidemiological trends and

care among injured…

Jurnal internasional Afrika vol.11 issue 4 2021<br /><br /> African Journal of Emergency Medicine<br /><br /> The burden of diabetic emergencies on the resuscitation area of a district-level public hospital in Cape Town
Introduction: Diabetes and its complications continue to cause a daunting and growing concern on resource-
limited environments. There is a paucity of data relating to the care of diabetic emergencies in the emergency

centres of entry-level…

Jurnal internasional Afrika vol.11 issue 4 2021<br /><br /> African Journal of Emergency Medicine<br /><br /> Paediatric emergency care at an academic referral hospital in Mozambique
Background: Improved emergency care of children with acute illness or injuries is needed for countries in Africa
to continue to reduce childhood mortality rates. Quality improvement efforts will depend on robust baseline
data, but little has been…

Jurnal internasional Afrika vol.11 issue 4 2021<br /><br /> African Journal of Emergency Medicine<br /><br /> The prevalence, management, and thirty-day outcomes of symptomatic atrial fibrillation in a Tanzanian emergency department
Introduction: Data describing atrial fibrillation (AF) care in emergency centres (ECs) in sub-Saharan Africa is
lacking. We sought to describe the prevalence and outcomes of AF in a Tanzanian EC.
Methods: In a prospective, observational study,…

Jurnal internasional Afrika vol.11 issue 4 2021<br /><br /> African Journal of Emergency Medicine<br /><br /> Survival status and predictors of mortality among traumatic brain injury patients in an Ethiopian hospital: A retrospective cohort study
Introduction: Traumatic brain injury is a major global public health problem causing substantial mortality among
the adult population. Hence, this study aimed to determine the predictors of mortality among adult traumatic
brain injury patients in…

Jurnal internasional Afrika vol.11 issue 4 2021<br /><br /> African Journal of Emergency Medicine<br /><br /> Drug and alcohol use in Tanzanian road traffic collision drivers
Introduction: Road traffic collisions (RTCs) are an important public health problem in low and middle-income
countries (LMIC), where 90% of RTC deaths occur. The World Health Organization has suggested strategies to
address excess mortality from…

Jurnal internasional Afrika vol.11 issue 4 2021<br /><br /> African Journal of Emergency Medicine<br /><br /> The effect of personal protective equipment on cardiac compression quality
Introduction: Cardiac compression is a cumbersome procedure. The American Heart Association suggests
switching of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) provider every 2 min to prevent any decrease in resuscitation

quality. High quality CPR is…

Jurnal internasional Afrika vol.11 issue 4 2021<br /><br /> African Journal of Emergency Medicine<br /><br /> Assault-injured youth in the emergency centres of Khayelitsha, South Africa: A prospective study of recidivism and mortality
Introduction: Violence is a major cause of death worldwide among youth. The highest mortality rates from youth

violence occur in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). We sought to identify risk factors for violent re-
injury and emergency…
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