Capacity for delivery of paediatric emergency care and the current use of emergency triage, assessment and treatment in health facilities in the Busoga region, Uganda-A mixed methods study.

Capacity for delivery of paediatric emergency care and the current use of emergency triage, assessment and treatment in health facilities in the Busoga region, Uganda-A mixed methods study.

The implementation of structured guidelines, such as the World Health Organisation's Emergency Triage, Assessment and Treatment has been shown to reduce in-hospital mortality, addressing the high burden of early in-hospital deaths. We evaluated the capacity to provide paediatric emergency care...

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Main Authors: Goda Laucaityte, Fredrik Wikander Fahnehjelm, Dorothy Akongo, Emmanuel Tenywa, Karl Hildebrand, Moses Kyangwa, Racheal Kwagala Ssemwogerere, William Mugowa Waibi, Helena Hildenwall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003666

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003666

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