A5047171647- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Disaster Response and Management
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Medical Coding and Health Information
- Burkholderia infections and melioidosis
- Wood Treatment and Properties
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Digital Imaging for Blood Diseases
- Nosocomial Infections in ICU
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Traffic and Road Safety
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Forest ecology and management
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction
- Bamboo properties and applications
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Abdominal Trauma and Injuries
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
2012-2024
Ghana Education Service
2022
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
2016-2017
University of Michigan
2014
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
2011
Triage is the process of sorting patients based on level acuity to ensure most severely injured and ill receive timely care before their condition worsens. The South African Scale (SATS) was developed out a need for an accurate objective measure urgency physiological parameters clinical discriminators that easily implemented in low resource settings. SATS introduced emergency center (EC) Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) January 2010. This study seeks evaluate use by nurses at KATH.This...
Emergency Medicine as a specialty has only recently been introduced to Ghana. This article reviews the overall health and medical care systems well evolution current state of emergency in Ghana progress made establishing (EM) along Anglo-American model care. The also describes improvements implemented patient care, medicine management systems. Although there are challenges overcome, much optimism remains about future this new its ability transform face Ce n'est que récemment la...
The use of paper for record keeping (or a manual system) has been the order day in almost all health care facilities resource poor countries. This system presented numerous challenges, which Electronic Medical Records (EMR) seeks to address. objectives study were identify facilitators and barriers EMR implementation Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital's (KATH) Emergency Centre (EC) lessons learned. These will help ECs similar settings. was non-interventional, descriptive cross-sectional purely...
Background: We aimed to assess the structure, function and performance of Ashanti Region's emergency medical services system in context regional need for prehospital care.Design: A mixed-methods approach was employed, using retrospective collection quantitative data prospectively gathered qualitative data. Setting – pertinent were collected from Ghanaian international sources; interviews technical assessments performed primarily Region Ghana.Participants: All stakeholders relevant Ghana...
Objectives We evaluated the performance of commonly used sepsis screening tools across prospective cohorts in USA, Cambodia and Ghana. Design Prospective cohort studies. Setting participants From 2014 to 2021, with two or more SIRS (Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome) criteria suspected infection were enrolled emergency departments medical wards at hospitals Ghana hospitalised USA. Cox proportional hazards regression was performed, Harrell’s C-statistic calculated determine 28-day...
We aim to study the characteristics and outcomes of patients with a Do-Not-Attempt Resuscitation determine its impact on Cost In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. A retrospective all adult admitted hospital from June 2021 May 2022 who had Do-Not-Resuscitate order. abstracted patients' socio-demographics, physiologic parameters, primary diagnosis, comorbidities electronic medical records. calculated potential economic cost using median ICU length stay for IHCA during period. There were 28,866 acute...
Abstract Our limited understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms that operate during sepsis is an obstacle to rational treatment and clinical trial design. There a critical lack data from low- middle-income countries where burden increased which inhibits generalized strategies for therapeutic intervention. Here we perform RNA sequencing whole blood investigate longitudinal host response in Ghanaian cohort. Data dimensional reduction reveals dynamic gene expression patterns describe...
We present the first confirmation of presence B. pseudomallei in environment Ghana. This study will bring attention to a disease with potential cause significant morbidity and mortality Ghana, but which has gone completely unrecognized until this point.
We performed a nested convenience sample survey of harmful alcohol use among injured patients aged 18 years and older treated in the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (Kumasi, Ghana) emergency department (ED). Data from Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test, breath or saliva tests, patient demographics injury characteristics were collected an administered medical chart review. A total 403 subjects surveyed, 107 (27%; 95% CI 22 to 31) reported use. High rates found males (35%), acutely...
In a busy emergency department (ED), missing patient medical records is common complaint to contend with. Electronic (EMR) may be one useful way of ensuring record integrity and confidentiality. KATH ED sees 28,000 patients year major challenge. This study sought improve the within efficiency flow Regular panel meetings physicians, IT specialists biostatisticians were held from February, 2012 2013. Open source software, Openemr was adapted in creation electronic for 2012. Changes made...
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Overcrowding in a Low Resource Emergency Setting West Africa: Perceptions by Health Workers the Accident and Center, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (Kath) Kumasi, Ghana - Volume 32 Issue S1
In high-income countries, injury is the most common cause of non-obstetric death among pregnant women. However, risk during pregnancy has not been well characterized for many developing countries including Ghana. Our study described maternal and fetal outcomes after at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ghana, identified associations between prevalence poor factors.
<title>Abstract</title> Objective Point-of-care urinalysis (POCU) is a common procedure in many emergency departments (EDs). The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and practice POCU using questionnaire by direct observation. Methods This two-phase observational at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital ED. In phase 1, participants were assessed 13-item on POCU. recorded as “knowledge score.” 2, provided urine specimen test blinded research assistants who observed them marked based...
Abstract Background Sepsis from infection is a global health priority and clinical trials have failed to deliver effective therapeutic interventions. To address complicating heterogeneity in sepsis pathobiology, improve outcomes, promising precision medicine approaches are helping identify disease endotypes, however, they require more complete definition of subgroups. Methods Here, we use RNA sequencing peripheral blood interrogate the host response participants observational study carried...
Melioidosis is a potentially severe disease caused by the gram-negative soil-dwelling bacterium called Burkholderia pseudomallei . The true breadth of distribution this tropical pathogen starting to emerge with environmental and clinical isolates frequently characterized in new countries regions. Even so, isolates, cases, genetic data from continent Africa remain scant. We previously confirmed presence B. environment Ghana, unmasking area endemicity for pathogen. Here, we describe...
Introduction Alcohol and substance use (ASU) are significant contributors to global morbidity, mortality, health resource utilization.We sought describe the frequency of ASU among adult injured patients presenting Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Emergency Department (KATH ED) injury mechanism site patients.Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out for six months in 2016 involving all trauma altered mental status ED Kumasi, Ghana. Blood alcohol concentration evaluated with SureScreen...
Vehicular Related Trauma (VRT) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Worldwide, an estimated 1.2 million people die yearly from VRT whilst about 50 sustain non-fatal injuries. WHO predicts Road Traffic Accident as the third leading death worldwide by 2020. Ghana has been experiencing increasing number which imposes high clinical economic burden. In year 2010 out 16,904 casualties 1986 were killed in (National Safety Commission). This study was conducted to assess mortality resulting...
Injury is a major cause of death and disability in Ghana. Strengthening care the injured essential to reduce this burden. Trauma continuing professional development (CPD) courses are an important component strengthening trauma care. In many countries, including Ghana, their use needs be more uniformly promoted. We propose lowcost strategies increase utilization CPD especially district hospitals higher need areas. These include developing plans by regional health directorates teaching for...
Motor vehicle crashes are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Injuries resulting from fire arms were the second leading death US 2003. In Ghana, motor (MVC) common injury whiles firearm related injuries (FAI) have not featured highly. However, with increase commercial industrial activities been on increase. This study seeks to compare FAI MVC admissions ED. A retrospective cross-sectional review all May, 2009 December, 2012. The trends rate per month yearly was...