A national survey of surgical activity in hospitals in Malawi

被引：10

作者：

Steinlechner, Colin ^{[1
]}

Tindall, Alistair ^{[1
]}

Lavy, Chris ^{[1
]}

Mkandawire, Nyengo ^{[1
]}

Chimangeni, Sandy ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Beit Trust CURE Int Hosp, Malawi, South Africa

来源：

TROPICAL DOCTOR | 2006年 / 36卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1258/004947506777978208

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Malawi is a poor country with few doctors. It has 21 district hospitals, all of which have operating theatres but none of which has a surgeon. Most district hospitals are manned by a single doctor and two or more paramedic clinical officers. In 2003, a total of 28,594 operations were performed in district hospitals. In all, 12,506 (44%) of these were obstetric or gynaecological procedures, but only 821 (3%) were general surgical cases. It appears that district clinicians are happy to attempt emergency obstetric and gynaecological cases but tend to refer emergency general surgical cases.

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页码：158 / 160

页数：3