Defining the Three Delays in Referral of Surgical Emergencies from District Hospitals to University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, Rwanda

Christophe Mpirimbanyi,Egide Abahuje,Aime Dieudone Hirwa,Miguel Gasakure,Elisee Rwagahirima,Christian Niyonzima,Adolphe Niyoyita Hakizimana,Epiphanie Ishimwe,Faustin Ntirenganya,Jennifer Rickard

Defining the Three Delays in Referral of Surgical Emergencies from District Hospitals to University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, Rwanda

2019

Christophe Mpirimbanyi
Egide Abahuje
Aime Dieudone Hirwa
Miguel Gasakure
Elisee Rwagahirima
Christian Niyonzima
Adolphe Niyoyita Hakizimana
Epiphanie Ishimwe
Faustin Ntirenganya
Jennifer Rickard

Background Surgical conditions represent up to 30% of the global burden of diseases. The aim of this study was to assess the delays in patients transferred to a tertiary referral hospital from district hospitals (DHs) in Rwanda with emergency general surgery (EGS) conditions.

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Medicine
General surgery
Tertiary referral hospital
Medical emergency
Referral
Bowel resection
Operating theater
Intensive care unit
Vascular surgery
Emergency medicine
Bowel obstruction
Mortality rate

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