2019
Burden of Surgical Infections in a Tertiary-Care Pediatric Surgery Service in Uganda
Kakembo N, Grabski DF, Fitzgerald TN, Muzira A, Cheung M, Kisa P, Sekabira J, Ozgediz D. Burden of Surgical Infections in a Tertiary-Care Pediatric Surgery Service in Uganda. Surgical Infections 2019, 21: 130-135. PMID: 31560249, DOI: 10.1089/sur.2019.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital mortality rateMortality rateSurgical interventionSurgery departmentSurgical careChildren’s Surgery DepartmentProspective surgical databaseTyphoid intestinal perforationTertiary referral hospitalPediatric surgery serviceBurden of infectionChildren's surgical careHigh mortality rateAbdominal sepsisIntestinal perforationAspiration pneumoniaOperative interventionMiddle-income countriesReferral hospitalSurgical infectionsSurgery serviceSurgical databaseIleocolic intussusceptionPrimary infectionSurgical disease
2017
The Global Initiative for Children's Surgery: Optimal Resources for Improving Care
Goodman LF, St-Louis E, Yousef Y, Cheung M, Ure B, Ozgediz D, Ameh EA, Bickler S, Poenaru D, Oldham K, Farmer D, Lakhoo K. The Global Initiative for Children's Surgery: Optimal Resources for Improving Care. European Journal Of Pediatric Surgery 2017, 28: 051-059. PMID: 28806850, DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1604399.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical careChildren's surgical careChildren's surgerySurgical providersGlobal InitiativeSurgical specialtiesSurgical care providersNational surgical plansLevel of careAffordable surgical careSafe surgical careLow-resource settingsWorld Health OrganizationMiddle-income countriesChildren's HospitalReferral levelHospital careResearch support centerCare providersSurgerySurgical planDisease controlHealth OrganizationCareLancet Commission