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Risk Factors for Malfunction of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts Performed by Medical Residents in Children: An Exploratory Study

Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2022
Introduction Ventriculoperitoneal shunts (VPSs) are common neurosurgical procedures, and in educational centers, they are often performed by residents.
Italo Cardoso Teixeira de Oliveira, Douglas Inomata Cardoso da Silva, Jamille Duran Matilde, Fábio Pires Botta, Juliana Fattori Hamamoto, Marla Andréia Garcia de Avila, Lígia Maria Suppo de Souza Rugolo, Marco Antônio Zanini, Pedro Tadao Hamamoto Filho   +8 more
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The 2017 human monkeypox outbreak in Nigeria—Report of outbreak experience and response in the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

PLoS ONE, 2019
Background In September 2017, Nigeria experienced a large outbreak of human monkeypox (HMPX). In this study, we report the outbreak experience and response in the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital (NDUTH), Bayelsa state, where the index case and ...
D. Ogoina, James Hendris Izibewule, A. Ogunleye, Ebi Ederiane, U. Anebonam, Aworabhi Neni, Abisoye S. Oyeyemi, E. N. Etebu, C. Ihekweazu   +8 more
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Black-White disparities in maternal in-hospital mortality according to teaching and Black-serving hospital status.

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2021
BACKGROUND Maternal mortality is higher among Black compared to White people in the United States. Whether Black-White disparities in maternal in-hospital mortality during the delivery hospitalization vary across hospital types (Black-serving vs.
H. Burris, M. Passarella, S. C. Handley, S. Srinivas, S. Lorch   +4 more
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Kidney disease is associated with in-hospital death of patients with COVID-19

Kidney International, 2020
In December 2019, a coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) disease outbreak occurred in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, and rapidly spread to other areas worldwide. Although diffuse alveolar damage and acute respiratory failure were the main features, the involvement
Yi-chun Cheng, R. Luo, Kun Wang, Meng Zhang, Zhixian Wang, Lei Dong, Junhua Li, Ying Yao, S. Ge, Gang Xu   +9 more
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Accountability and transparency: Is this possible in hospital governance?

Cogent Business & Management, 2023
Health institutions in developing countries need to be transparent and accountable to attain universal health coverage and effective institutions as mandated by Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 3 (target 3.8) and SDG 16 (target 16.6), respectively ...
Patience Aseweh Abor, Carlos Kokuvi Tetteh   +1 more
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Surgical Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Tanzanian University Teaching Hospital Experience. [PDF]

, 2011
\ud \ud Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) pose a therapeutic challenge to surgeons, especially in developing countries where health care resources are limited and the vast majority of patients present to health facilities late with advanced foot ulcers.
Chalya, Phillipo L, Mabula, Joseph B, Dass, Ramesh M, Kabangila, Rodrick, Jaka, Hyasinta, McHembe, Mabula D, Kataraihya, Johannes B, Mbelenge, Nkinda, Gilyoma, Japhet M   +8 more
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Patient’s Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Medical Student’s Involvement in Their Healthcare at a Teaching Hospital in Jordan: A Cross Sectional Study

Patient Preference and Adherence, 2023
Hana Ahmad Taha,1– 3 Jawaher Khaled Al Saqer,2 Noora Rashed Al Harbi,2 Rand Nidal Younis,2 Fatma Al Dawoud,2 Mohammed Bassam Nawaiseh,4 Vanja Berggren3 1Department of Pharmacology, Public Health, and Clinical Skills, Faculty of Medicine, The Hashemite ...
Taha HA, Al Saqer JK, Al Harbi NR, Younis RN, Al Dawoud F, Nawaiseh MB, Berggren V   +6 more
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Compliance with handwashing at two intensive care units in São Paulo [PDF]

, 2006
Handwashing compliance was compared at two medical- surgical intensive care units (ICUs) of a teaching and a non-teaching hospital. The mean compliance was 22.2% and 42.6%, respectively.
Coutinho, Ana Paula, Furtado, Guilherme H.c., Medeiros, Eduardo Alexandrino Servolo de, Perdiz, Luciana B., Santana, Solange L., Wey, Sergio Barsanti   +5 more
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Multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections in a teaching hospital in Ghana

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2018
Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria have emerged as major clinical and therapeutic dilemma in hospitals in Ghana. To describe the prevalence and profile of infections attributable to multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria among patients at the
N. Agyepong, Usha Govinden, A. Owusu-Ofori, S. Essack   +3 more
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Epidemiology of injuries presenting to the accident centre of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2019
BackgroundInjuries directly lead to 5 million deaths every year, accounting for 9% of all deaths worldwide. While knowledge of the pattern of injuries is essential to plan health interventions to reduce the incidence of injuries, these are not thoroughly
Paa-Kwesi Blankson, J. Amoako, Kwaku Asah‐Opoku, Francis Odei-Ansong, M. Lartey   +4 more
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