The burden of trauma at a district hospital in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
Background: Sub-Saharan Africa bears a disproportionate burden of mortality from trauma. District hospitals, although not trauma centres, play a critical role in the trauma care system by serving as frontline hospitals. However, the clinical characteristics of patients receiving trauma care in Afric...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-01-01
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| Series: | African Journal of Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X18301101 |