Search Results - "Wachira, Benjamin"
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Future directions for emergency medical services development in low- and middle-income countries
Published in Surgery (01-07-2024)“…The lack of prehospital care access in low- and middle-income countries is one of the greatest unmet needs and, therefore, one of the most urgent priorities in…”
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Impact of point-of-care ultrasound use on patient referral decisions in rural Kenya: a mixed methods study
Published in BMC health services research (15-02-2024)“…Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is recognized as a key imaging modality to bridge the diagnostic imaging gap in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)…”
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Assessing a novel point-of-care ultrasound training program for rural healthcare providers in Kenya
Published in BMC health services research (06-08-2018)“…A novel point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) training program was developed to train rural healthcare providers in Kenya on the Focused Assessment with Sonography…”
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A baseline review of the ability of hospitals in Kenya to provide emergency and critical care services for COVID-19 patients
Published in African Journal of Emergency Medicine (01-06-2021)“…As the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Kenya begin to rise, the number of severe and critical COVID-19 patients has the potential to quickly…”
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Characterizing injury at a tertiary referral hospital in Kenya
Published in PloS one (24-07-2019)“…Injury accounts for more than 5.8 million deaths globally with an increasing burden in the developing world. In Kenya, trauma is one of the top 10 leading…”
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Using social media in Kenya to quantify road safety: an analysis of novel data
Published in International journal of emergency medicine (01-12-2022)“…Background Road traffic injuries are a large and growing cause of morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Africa. Systematic…”
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Feasibility of project ECHO telementoring to build capacity among non-specialist emergency care providers
Published in African Journal of Emergency Medicine (01-12-2022)“…• There is an urgent need to scale up training of the emergency care workforce. • Virtual education platforms provide the opportunity to extend emergency…”
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Utilisation of WhatsApp for Emergency Medical Services in Garissa, Kenya
Published in African Journal of Emergency Medicine (01-03-2024)“…Garissa county, Kenya is a geographically large county with a mobile pastoralist population that has developed a method for emergency medical services (EMS)…”
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Utility of hand-held ultrasound for image acquisition and interpretation by trained Kenyan providers
Published in The ultrasound journal (08-03-2023)“…Background Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) plays a prominent role in the timely recognition and management of multiple medical, surgical, and obstetric…”
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The last frontier for global non-communicable disease action: The emergency department-A cross-sectional study from East Africa
Published in PloS one (02-04-2021)“…Deaths due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have surpassed those due to communicable diseases globally and are projected to do so in Africa by 2030. Despite…”
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The diagnostic accuracy of an initial point-of-care lactate at the emergency department as a predictor of in-hospital mortality among adult patients with sepsis and septic shock
Published in Frontiers in medicine (24-05-2023)“…In patients with sepsis, elevated lactate has been shown to be a strong predictor of in-hospital mortality. However, the optimal cutoff for rapidly stratifying…”
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Social media and the modern scientist: a research primer for low- and middle-income countries
Published in African Journal of Emergency Medicine (01-01-2020)“…Social media has changed the way we communicate. Wherever you are in the world, various forms of social media are being used by individuals to share…”
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Role of hospital leadership in pandemic preparedness: experience at a tertiary hospital in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic
Published in BMJ leader (01-06-2024)“…Pandemic preparedness refers to being ready for, responding to and recovering from public health crises, and is integral for health security. Hospital…”
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Uchunguzi (Journal Watch/ Montre de Journal )
Published in African Journal of Emergency Medicine (01-06-2017)Get full text
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The status and future of emergency care in the Republic of Kenya
Published in African Journal of Emergency Medicine (01-03-2022)“…Kenya is a rapidly developing country with a growing economy and evolving health care system. In the decade since the last publication on the state of…”
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Uchunguzi (Journal Watch/ Montre de Journal )
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Uchunguzi (Journal Watch/ Montre de Journal)
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A pilot training program for point-of-care ultrasound in Kenya
Published in African Journal of Emergency Medicine (01-09-2016)“…Ultrasound is an effective and affordable clinical diagnostic tool highly attractive for use in low and middle income countries (LMICs), but access to training…”
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Uchunguzi (Journal Watch/ Montre de Journal)
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Reasons for patients with non-urgent conditions attending the emergency department in Kenya: A qualitative study
Published in African Journal of Emergency Medicine (01-03-2021)“…Scant literature exists on the non-urgent use of emergency departments in Sub-Saharan Africa and its effects on the provision of effective emergency care…”
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