2020
Impact of nursing education and a monitoring tool on outcomes in traumatic brain injury
Gamble M, Luggya TS, Mabweijano J, Nabulime J, Mowafi H. Impact of nursing education and a monitoring tool on outcomes in traumatic brain injury. African Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 10: 181-187. PMID: 33299746, PMCID: PMC7700954, DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2020.05.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTraumatic brain injuryPost-intervention groupLow-resource settingsVital signsEmergency centerSecondary outcomesBrain injurySeverity of TBIMulago National Referral HospitalResource settingsEarly aggressive careMedian time intervalNational Referral HospitalCause of morbidityLength of stayPre-intervention groupNursing educationHospital mortalityAggressive careUnadjusted mortalityAdvanced airwayMiddle-income countriesPrimary outcomeReferral hospitalPrimary preventionNon-operative management of blunt abdominal solid organ trauma in adult patients
Ibrahim W, Mousa G, Hirshon JM, El-Shinawi M, Mowafi H. Non-operative management of blunt abdominal solid organ trauma in adult patients. African Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 10: 123-126. PMID: 32923321, PMCID: PMC7474228, DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2020.02.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTanta University Emergency HospitalSolid organ traumaBlunt abdominal traumaNon-operative managementAbdominal traumaTrauma patientsOperative managementOrgan injuryOrgan traumaObservational studyInclusion criteriaBlunt abdominal trauma patientsBlood transfusion volumeBlunt trauma patientsProspective observational studySolid organ injuryAbdominal organ injuriesInjury Severity ScoreAbdominal trauma patientsNon-operative patientsUniversity Emergency HospitalLength of stayUnits of bloodLonger lengthOutcomes of interest
2014
Epidemiology of injuries, outcomes, and hospital resource utilisation at a tertiary teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia
Seidenberg P, Cerwensky K, Brown R, Hammond E, Mofu Y, Lungu J, Mulla Y, Biemba G, Mowafi H. Epidemiology of injuries, outcomes, and hospital resource utilisation at a tertiary teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia. African Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2014, 4: 115-122. DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2014.01.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUniversity Teaching HospitalHospital resource utilisationPatterns of injuryTrauma registryHIV testingInjury careBlood productsTeaching hospitalUrban hospitalHospital-based trauma registryCircumstances of traumaImportant epidemiologic dataPrimary trauma centreEpidemiology of injuriesTertiary teaching hospitalCase fatality rateCircumstances of injuryLength of stayResource utilisation dataGlobal public health threatPublic health threatRoad traffic accidentsMiddle-income countriesTrauma centerVital status