| dc.creator |
Urasa, Emil R. |
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| dc.date |
2016-10-17T07:43:57Z |
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| dc.date |
2016-10-17T07:43:57Z |
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| dc.date |
2016-08 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2019-12-06T12:04:13Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2019-12-06T12:04:13Z |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/900 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/14937 |
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| dc.description |
Introduction
The ultimate goal in trauma resuscitation is to identify and manage all injuries in a
timely manner. Despite technological and clinical advances in management of
trauma patients, missed injuries still occur and pose a threat to the current trauma
care. Delayed diagnosis and missed injuries can significantly add to the morbidity of
the initial insult, and may result in permanent disability or even mortality. Missed
diagnosis including trauma may also lead to malpractice legal challenges to the
physician and the hospital.
Aim
This study will add knowledge about the rate of missed injuries and their
contributing factors, hence address them timely and accordingly to prevent their
occurrence and eventual significant disabilities in the patients.
Methodology
Study will be done at KCMC hospital where by all patient with trauma will be
reevaluated from head to toe and the investigation results will also be reinterpreted
by Residents/Specialists or Consultants in the respective wards. Appropriate
investigations will be requested for suspected overlooked injuries and those which
will be detected will be managed and documented in the questionnaire.Those
patients who will need surgicalintervention will be operated and intraoperative
findings will be followed up to identify injuries which couldn’t be picked at EMD
during the initial phase of resuscitation and stabilization. These injuries will also be
documented in the case notes and then dully filled in the designed questionnaire.
Postmortem will be advised for Patients that will die within 24 hours of admission
and missed injuries detected will also be documented in the questionnaire. |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.subject |
Research Subject Categories::MEDICINE |
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| dc.title |
INCIDENCE AND RISK FACTORS FOR MISSED INJURIES IN TRAUMA PATIENS ATTENDED AT KCMC HOSPITAL BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2016 AND MARCH 2017 |
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| dc.type |
Thesis |
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