A5008397313- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Disaster Response and Management
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
- Radiology practices and education
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Global Health and Surgery
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Ethics in medical practice
NOSM University
2023
University of Rwanda
2016-2021
Injury accounts for 9.6% of the global mortality burden, disproportionately affecting those living in low- and middle-income countries. In an effort to improve trauma care Rwanda, Ministry Health developed a prehospital service, Service d'Aide Médicale Urgente (SAMU), established emergency medicine training program. However, little is known about patients receiving or their outcomes. The objective was develop linked prehospital–hospital database evaluate patient characteristics, mechanisms...
Background Pediatric trauma is a significant public health problem in resource-constrained settings; however, the epidemiology of injuries poorly defined Rwanda. This study describes characteristics pediatric patients transported to emergency department (ED) Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali by medical services Kigali, Methods cohort was conducted at from December 2012 February 2015. Patients 15 years or younger brought for ED were included. Prehospital and hospital-based data on...
Rationale: Despite oxygen's classification as an essential medication by the World Health Organization, it is inconsistently available in many resource-constrained settings. Hypoxemia associated with increased mortality, and mounting evidence suggests that hyperoxia may also be adverse outcomes.Objectives: To determine if overuse of oxygen for some patients a Rwandan tertiary care hospital emergency department might coexist shortages underuse other patients, whether educational intervention...
aClinical Lecturer of Emergency Medicine Department Anesthesia, Critical Care and Medicine, University Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda bAssociate Professor Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Received 10 June 2020 Accepted 12 Correspondence to Olivier Felix Umuhire, MD, Tel: +1647 394 5591/+250 78875 82 73; e-mail: [email protected]
Akuamoah-Boateng, Kwame; Banguti, Paulin; Starling, David; Mvukiyehe, Jean Paul; Moses, Benjamin; Tuyishime, Eugene; Samanta, Damayanti; UMUHIRE, Olivier; Bethea, Audis Author Information
Background Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) shoulder a disproportionately high burden of critical illness with limited healthcare infrastructure. However, despite increased attention on care capacity due to Covid-19, LMIC intensive unit (ICU) remains largely undescribed-especially in East Africa. We sought characterize barriers delivery Rwanda, hypothesizing that gaps specialized personnel, training, supervision ('human resources') would be perceived as more important limitations...
Introduction: as the opportunity to receive life-sustaining treatments expands in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), so do potential ethical dilemmas. Little is known regarding attitudes, beliefs, and practices of physicians SSA end-of-life care ethics.
Introduction: In the Emergency Department (ED), safe and effective Procedural Sedation Analgesia (PSA) is essential. The professional performing procedural sedation has to be prepared handle any potential adverse effects. Medications are used according their availability based on physician’s experience preference. Despite common occurrence of in ED, it not previously been studied Rwanda. study aimed describe analgesia utilization events at Rwanda's University Teaching Hospital Kigali (UTH-K)...