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Jurnal Internasional Aprika vol.12 issue 3 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Factors associated with HIV testing among patients seeking emergent injury care in Kigali, Rwanda
Introduction: Emergency centres (ECs) can be important access points for HIV testing. In Rwanda, one in eight people with HIV are unaware of their infection status, which impedes epidemic control. This could be addressed via increased testing. This…
Jurnal Internasional Aprika vol.12 issue 3 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Community ‐acquired pneumonia and its predictors of mortality in rural southwestern Nigeria: A ‐five year retrospective observational study
Introduction: The predictors of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) mortality are important outcome measures in epidemiological studies and clinical trials. There is an observed paucity of data regarding the predictors of mortality of CAP in Nigeria.…
Jurnal Internasional Aprika vol.12 issue 3 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
A prospective, internal validation of an emergency patient triage tool for use in a low resource setting
Aim: Assess the performance of a simple triage disposition score based on mental status, mobility and either oxygen saturation or respiratory rate by three principal metrics: 24 h mortality, the need for hospital admission and the urgency ranking of…
Jurnal Internasional Aprika vol.12 issue 3 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Bedside colorimetric reagent dipstick in the diagnosis of meningitis in low–and middle–income countries: A prospective, international blinded comparison with laboratory analysis
Background: Colorimetric reagent dipstick (CRD) for leukocyte esterase (LE) has shown potential for diagnosing and ruling out bacterial meningitis. Potential advantages over traditional cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis in- clude the small quantity…
Jurnal Internasional Aprika vol.12 issue 3 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
The activities and impacts of a community-based volunteer ambulance service in Cape Town, South Africa
Introduction: Volunteering yields valuable benefits to communities, yet globally there is limited published data regarding emergency medical volunteering in communities. Hout Bay Volunteer Emergency Medical Service is thought to be the oldest…
Jurnal Internasional Aprika vol.12 issue 3 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Analysis of the demographic characteristics and clinical profile of acute ischemic strokes admitted to the emergency centre in the Somalia population
Background: Stroke is a leading cause of death and chronic disability worldwide. In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which includes Somalia, stroke represents a significant part of the chronic disease burden. However, there is relatively little data on risk…
Jurnal Internasional aprika vol.12 issue 3 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
A cohort of pediatric injury patients from a hospital-based trauma registry in Northern Tanzania
Introduction: Pediatric injuries in low- and middle-income countries are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Implementing hospital-based trauma registries can reduce the knowledge gap in both hospital care and patient outcomes and…
Jurnal Internasional Aprika vol.12 issue 3 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Non-specialist emergency medicine qualifications in Africa: Lessons from
the South African Diploma in Primary Emergency Care
Introduction: Non-specialist emergency medicine qualifications are an important step in developing the specialty
of emergency medicine. The Diploma in Primary Emergency Care (Dip PEC) of the Colleges of Medicine of
South Africa is one of the oldest…
of emergency medicine. The Diploma in Primary Emergency Care (Dip PEC) of the Colleges of Medicine of
South Africa is one of the oldest…
Jurnal Internasional Aprika vol.12 issue 3 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Predictors of mortality in emergency centre patients with acute pesticide poisoning in Uganda
Introduction: Although the global suicide deaths due to intentional pesticide poisoning disproportionately occur in low income countries (LIC) and lower to middle income Countries (LMIC), there is a scarcity of reports on emergency centre (EC)…
Jurnal Internasional Aprika vol.12 issue 3 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
SARS-CoV-2 in children and their accompanying caregivers: Implications for testing strategies in resource limited hospitals
Background: Identification of SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals is imperative to prevent hospital transmission, but symptom-based screening may fail to identify asymptomatic/mildly symptomatic infectious children and their caregivers. Methods: A…