Christophe Mpirimbanyi
National University of Rwanda
26 Papers
32 Citations
Christophe Mpirimbanyi is an academic researcher from National University of Rwanda. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Referral. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 10 publications.
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Routine sterile glove and instrument change at the time of abdominal wound closure to prevent surgical site infection (ChEETAh): a pragmatic, cluster-randomised trial in seven low-income and middle-income countries
Adesoji O Ademuyiwa,Adewale O. Adisa,Aneel Bhangu,Peter Brocklehurst,Sohini Chakrabortee,Dhruv Ghosh,James Glasbey,Parvez David Haque,Pollyanna Hardy,Ewen M Harrison,J.C. Allen Ingabire,Lawani Ismail,Rachel Lillywhite,Laura Magill,Rachel Moore,Thomas Pinkney,N. Winkles,Mark Monahan,Dion Morton,Dmitri Nepogodiev,Faustin Ntirenganya,Omar Hussein Omar,J. Simões,Donna Smith,Stephen Tabiri,Bryar Kadir,Felicity Brant,E. Li,Maria Picciochi,Michael Bahrami-Hessari,Emmy Runigamugabo,Didier Ahogni,Aristide Ahounou,Kahina Boukari,Oswald Gbéhadé,Thierry Kinnongni Hessou,Sinama Nindopa,M. J. B. Nontonwanou,Nafissatou Orou Guessou,Arouna Sambo,Sorekou Victoire Tchati,Affisatou Tchogo,Semevo Romaric Tobome,Parfait Yanto,Isidore Kokou Gandaho,Armel A. Hadonou,Simplice Hinvo,Montcho Adrien Hodonou,S Tamou,Souliath Lawani,Covalic Melic Bokossa Kandokponou,Francis Dossou,Antoine Gaou,Roland Goudou,Marie-Claire Kouroumta,Ismaïl Lawani,Enrif Malade,Anne Stredy Mkoh Dikao,Joel Nzuwa Nsilu,Pencome Ogouyemi,Marcelin Akpla,Nathan Bisimwa Mitima,Blaise Kovohouande,Cyrille Kpangon,Stephane Laurent Loupeda,Mamonde Victorin Agbangla,Sena Emmanuel Hedefoun,Thierry Mavoha,Juvenal Ngaguene,Janvier Rugendabanga,R. R. Soton,Martin Totin,Mouhamed Agbadebo,Irene Akpo,Hubert Dewamon,Martin Djeto,A. Hada,Monsede Hollo,Albert Houndji,Anasthasie Houndote,Sylvestre Hounsa,Expedit Kpatchassou,Hugues Yome,Mohamed Moussa Alidou,Eric Jerry Bara,B. T. B. D. Yovo,Robert Guinnou,Souleymane Hamadou,Harri Kola,Nabil Takahiro Moussa,Boniface Cakpo,Lolyta Etchisse,Emery Hatangimana,Moise Muhindo,Katia Sanni,Agossou Barthelemy Yevide,Hermann Agossou,Fiston Basirwa Musengo,Hulrich Behanzin,Djifid Morel Séto,Bill Armstrong Alia,Arnaud Alitonou,Y.Edith Mehounou,Lucien Agbanda,Julien Attinon,Marcel Gbassi,Nounagnon Rene Hounsou,Regina Acquah,Charles Banka,Derick Esssien,Romeo Hussey,Yakubu Mustapha,K. Nunoo-Ghartey,Grace Yeboah,Margarey N M Adjei,Yvonne Adofo-Asamoah,Meshach M Agyapong,Thomas Agyen,Baba Alhaji Bin Alhassan,Mabel P Amoako-Boateng,Anthony Baffour Appiah,Joseph Nii Tettey Ashong,Joseph K Awindaogo,B Brimpong,Makafui Sc-Jk Dayie,Donald Enti,Wendy W Ghansah,Jude E Gyamfi,Patience Koggoh,Richard Kpankpari,Vincent Kudoh,Samuel Mensah,Philip Mensah,I. N. M. Opandoh,Martin Tangnaa Morna,Michael Nortey,Emelia Odame,Emmanuel Ofori,Sandra Quaicoo,E. M. Quartson,Cynthia Teye-Topey,Makafui Yigah,Safia Yussif,Vera O Agyekum-Gyimah,Eric Agyemang,Arko Akoto-Ampaw,Forster Amponsah-Manu,Temitope E. Arkorful,Moses Dokurugu,N. Essel,Aja Ijeoma,Emmanuel L Obiri,Richard Ofosu-Akromah,Karen N D Quarchey,Aaron B Andoh,Esther Asabre,Ruby Boateng,Barbara Koomson,Atta Kusiwaa,Adeline Naah,Ato Oppong Acquah,Benjamin A Oppong,Ameley Akosua,Ralph N. A. Armah,Christopher Kwaku Asare,Lawrence K B Awere-Kyere,Jane Acquaye,J. Appiah,Joshua Arthur,Jonathan Boakye-Yiadom,Anita Eseenam Agbeko,Frank E. Gyamfi,B. B. Nyadu,Nii Armah Adu-Aryee,Nelson Agboadoh,Erica Akoto,J. Amoako,Nicholas Aperkor,Wilfred K Asman,G. S. Attepor,Antoinette A A Bediako-Bowan,Kwaku Boakye-Yiadom,G. D. Brown,Florence Dedey,Victor Etwire,Benjamin Fenu,Philemon K Kumassah,Linda A Larbi-Siaw,J. Nsaful,David O Olatola,S. E. Tsatsu,Theodore Wordui,Amos Bennin,S. Doe,Ruth Sarfo Kantanka,Ephraim Kobby,Collins Kyeremeh,Edward Matthew Osei Jnr,Prince Owusu,Frank Kofi Owusu,C. Sie-Broni,Marshall Zume,Daniel Acquah,Shamsudeen M Adams,Mohammed Salman Alhassan,Munira Amadu,Samuel A Asirifi,Martin Akilla Awe,Millicent Azanlerigu,Mathias K Dery,Yenli Edwin,Abantanga Atindaana Francis,Gbana Limann,Aloysius Maalekuu,H Malechi,Sherif Taher Mohammed,Ibrahim Mohammed,Kareem Mumuni,Bernard Ofori,John Quansah,Napoleon Bellua Sam,Anwar Sadat Seidu,Shekira Yahaya,Jaabir Alhassan,Percy Boakye,Christian Larbi Coompson,Addo K Gyambibi,Ametepe Jeffery-Felix,B. E. Kontor,Ruth Manu,Elijah Takyi Mensah,Gifty Naah,Carmen Noufuentes,Abraham Sakyi,Ramkaran Chaudhary,Sanjeev Misra,Puneet Pareek,Manish Pathak,D. Poonia,Kirti Kumar Rathod,Mahaveer Singh Rodha,Namrata Sharma,Nivedita Sharma,Subhash Soni,Vaibhav K Varsheney,Jeevan Ram Vishnoi,D. K. Garnaik,Farhanul Huda,M. J. Lokavarapu,Neha Mishra,Rohit Ranjan,Rajkumar Kottayasamy Seenivasagam,Shanky Singh,Pratik N. Solanki,Raunak Verma,Enono Yhoshu,Jeffery A Kalyanapu,Ananta Kutma,S. Philips,A. Mercy Hepzibah,Grace Mary,D. Singh Professor D. Singh,C.K. Chetana,Amos Dasari,Prashant Dummala,S. ChintaS,Alisha Bhatt,William Bhatti,Tapasya Dhar,Ankush Goyal,Sunita Goyal,Monika Hans,Deepak Jain,Rita Jain,J. Jyoti,Savleen Kaur,Karan Kumar,Anil Luther,Amit Mahajan Mahajan,Kavita Mandrelle,V. Michael,G. Mukherjee,Reuben Rajappa,Vivin Daniel Sam,Prashant Singh,A. Suroy,Ravinder S. Thind,Sreejith Kannummal Veetil,Rahul Williams,Devarakonda Sreekar,Esther Daniel,Smitha Jacob,Mark Ranjan Jesudason,Pushplatha Kumari,Rohin Mittal,Soosan Prasad,Vasanth Mark Samuel,BG Shankar,Srujan Lam Sharma,M. Sivakumar,Suraj Surendran,Anita J. Thomas,Paul Trinity,K. Leshiini,Sundeep Singh Saluja,Isha Bansal,Sanjay Gupta,Monika Gureh,Simran Kapoor,V. Venkat Kanna,Harmanjot Kaur,Ashwani Kumar,Simrandeep Singh,Gurtaj Singh,Nivesh Agrawal,U. Kumar,Pardeep Kumar,Shrivastava Abhishek,Vikram Sehrawat,Deepak Singla,Gaurav Thami,Vijay Kumar,Stanley Mathew,Murlidhar V. Pai,P. Santosh Prabhu,T. SundeepP,Arun Chaturvedi,Sameer Gupta,Puneet Prakash,Shiv Rajan,Mohit Singh,Abhilasha Tripathi,Philip V Alexander,Josy K. Thomas,Pradeep Zechariah,Moloti Kichu,Carolin Solomi,Ashish Choudhrie,Rashmi Jacob Gunny,Susan Joseph,Nitin J. Peters,N. S. Pundir,Ram Samujh,G. Aziz,Nisar A. Chowdri,Rayees Ahmad Dar,Robindera Kour,Imtiyaz A. Mantoo,A. Mehraj,Fazl Q. Parray,Najm Us Saqib,ZamirAhmad Shah,Rauf A. Wani,Komal Rautela,Rajeev Rattan Sharma,Nishu Singh,Rakesh Vakil,Priyanka Chowdhury,Sona Chowdhury,S. Mathai,P. Vasudeva Nayak,Bipradas Roy,Kriscia V Ascencio Díaz,Victor J Avalos Herrera,Francisco Camacho,Aldo Bernal Hernández,Elyoenai Bonilla Ahumada,Irma V Brancaccio Pérez,Miguel A Calderón Llamas,Guadalupe Castillo Cardiel,Guillermo A. Cardona,Gabino Cervantes Guevara,E. Pérez,Maria Magdalena Chavez,J. M. C. Ciociano,Luis R Cifuentes Andrade,Ana O Cortés Flores,Edgar Torres,Tania A Cueto Valadez,Andrea E Cueto Valadez,Esteban Cueva Martinez,Paulina Domínguez Barradas,Isaac Estrada,Paola Flores Becerril,Joseph A. Cardoza,Clotilde Fuentes Orozco,Luis A García González,Benjamín García Reyna,Eduardo Gomez Sanchez,J.L Bojórquez,Eduardo Espinoza,Alejandro González Ojeda,Fanny Y González Ponce,Cristhian S Guerrero Ramírez,Miguel Antonio Calderon Vanegas,Rocio Guadalupe Guadalupe Cano Arias,Carlos Colunga Tinajero,Fernanda Diaz Samano,Fernando Zepeda,Brenda Vanessa Enriquez Barajas,Gerardo Gallardo Banuelos,Marijose De Cristo Gonzalez Calvillo,Fran Ortiz,Maryzela Lazo Ramirez,Gerardo Lopez Arroyo,Laura Angeles,David Giovanny I Morales Iriarte,Angelo Fernando Mortola Lomeli,J. Esteban,Jaime Orozco Pérez,Damaris Orozco Ramirez,Laura Gabriela Pena Baolboa,J Lozano,G. Reyes,Ana Camille G Dominguez,D. H. Mellado,Jesús Morales,L. Namur,José Alberto Pesquera,Antonio Ramos-De la Medina,Ana Florencia Casado-Zarate,Roberto Delano-Alonso,J.J. Herrera-Esquivel,Mucio Moreno-Portillo,Mario Trejo-Avila,Edgard Lozada,Mitzi R Becerra Moscoso,Ishtar Cabrera-Lozano,Ana B Calderón-Alvarado,Francisco Javier León-Frutos,Erick E Villanueva-Martínez,M. Abubakar,Mohammed S. Aliyu,Mudi Awaisu,Fadimatu Bakari,Abigail Olajumoke Balogun,Mohammed Bashir,Ahmad Bello,Muhammad Nasir Daniyan,Kehinde Michael Duromola,StephenG Gana,Mukoro Duke George,Justina Gimba,I Gundu,L. Iji,Amina O Jimoh,Afolabi Korede Koledade,Ahmad Tijjani Lawal,Bilkisu Lawal,Aishat Mustapha,S. Nwabuoku,Oluseyi O Ogunsua,Ifeanyi Fidelis Okafor,Ethos Ike Okorie,Nasir Oyelowo,Ibrahim Saidu,Tunde Talib Sholadoye,I Sufyan,Musliu Adetola Tolani,Aliyu Muhammad Tukur,A. Umar,Aminatu Makarfi Umar,Hajara Umaru-Sule,M. Usman,Anisah Yahya,Alfa Yakubu,Salisu Abeku Yusuf,Lawal Barau Abdullahi,Muzzammil Abdullahi,Khadija Ado,Nura U Aliyu,Lofty-John C. Anyanwu,Sulaiman Muhammad Daneji,M. Magashi,Mohammad Aminu Mohammad,Abubakar Bala Muhammad,Saminu Muhammad,B. Muideen,Calistus U Nwachukwu,Suleiman B Sallau,Abdulrahman Abba Sheshe,A. Soladoye,Idris Usman Takai,G. I. Umar,Abubakar Yahaya,J. Adze,Lydia R Airede,Bashir Taiye Aminu,S. B. Bature,Firdaws Bello-Tukur,Damai Chinyio,Sharon A N Duniya,Moses C Galadima,Babatunde Kolapo Hamza,Sam Davidson Joshua,Stephen Akau Kache,Williams Y Kagomi,Ifeanyi A Kene,J. A. Lawal,JG Makama,Caleb Mohammed,Amina Mohammed-Durosinlorun,Deborah Nuwam,Danjuma Sale,Abdul Basit Sani,Salome Tabara,Mathew Taingson,Emmanuel Usam,J I G Yakubu,Folasade Adegoke,O. Ige,Tunde Adebowale Odunafolabi,Chukwuma Eze Okereke,Oluwafemi O Oladele,Oluwaseun H Olaleye,Oyetunde O Olubayo,Olukayode Abiola,H. Abiyere,I. O. Adebara,Gbadebo T C Adeleye,Adebayo Adeniyi,Olumide Emmanuel Adewara,Olabisi Timothy Adeyemo,Ademola Adeyeye,A.L. Ariyibi,Babatunde S Awoyinka,Olumide Mojisola Ayankunle,Olakunle Fatai Babalola,Adewumi Bakare,Tajudeen I.B. Bakare,Oluseyi O. Banjo,P A Egharevba,Oluwafemi Fatudimu,John A Obateru,Oluremi J Odesanya,OD Ojo,Abiodun Idowu Okunlola,Cecilia Kehinde Okunlola,A. T. Olajide,Tesleem Olayinka Orewole,A. Salawu,Aderinsola T Adelaja,Olalekan Ajai,Olukemi Akande,Noble Anyanwu,Kazeem M. Atobatele,Oludayo Oluwaseyi Bakare,G. Eke,O.M. Faboya,Zainab O. Imam,Francisca Nwaenyi,Ayokunle A Ogunyemi,Mobolaji A. Oludara,OA Omisanjo,Chinonso U Onyeka,Olabode Oshodi,Yusuf A Oshodi,Yemisi Oyewole,O. Salami,Omolara Williams,Adebunmi Adeoluwa,Adedotun Adesiyakan,Victoria Ibukunoluwa Adeyeye,Moses Vincent Agbulu,Opeyemi Rebecca Akinajo,David Akinboyewa,Felix M Alakaloko,Iyabo Alasi,Michael Amao,Christiana Ashley-Osuzoka,O A Atoyebi,Olanrewaju Samuel Balogun,Christoph Bode,Maryam Oluwatobi Busari,Nnamdi Jonathan Duru,Glory E. Edet,Olumide Elebute,Francis C. Ezenwankwo,A. Fatuga,Christianah Gbenga-Oke,George Ihediwa,Emmanuel Sylvester Inyang,Adesola Jimoh,Jubril O. Kuku,Oluwaseun Ladipo-Ajayi,Abdulrazzaq Oluwagbemiga Lawal,Ayomide Makanjuola,Christian Chigozie Makwe,Chinelo Victoria Mgbemena,Samuel U Nwokocha,M.A. Ogunjimi,Ephraim O Ohazurike,Rufus Wale Ojewola,Moyosoluwa Eunice Eunice,Chike John Okeke,Adeyemi A Okunowo,Abraham Oladimeji,Thomas Olajide,Olabisi Olanrewaju,Olawunmi Olayioye,Oluwaseun Oluseye,Stephen Olutola,Kenneth Onyekachi,Adeola Ayoola Orowale,Emili Osariemen,Adedapo Olumide Osinowo,Benedetto Osunwusi,Emmanuel Owie,Christiana Bidemi Oyegbola,Justina O. Seyi-Olajide,Adaiah P. Soibi-Harry,M. Timo,Aloy Okechukwu Ugwu,E. Williams,OA Egwuonwu,Okechukwu Hyginus Ekwunife,James J Emeka,Victor Ifeanyichukwu Modekwe,Chimdiebele Daisy Nwosu,SO Obiechina,A. Obiesie,Celestine Ifeanacho Okafor,Theophilus O Okonoboh,Chukwuemeka C Okoro,Odili A Okoye,Onyekachi A. Onu,C. Onyejiaka,Chisom Uche,Joseph O Ugboajah,Jideofor Okechukwu Ugwu,K. E. Ugwuanyi,Chuka Abunike Ugwunne,A. Adeleke,Akinfolarin C. Adepiti,Adewale Aderounmu,Abdul Hafiz Oladapo Adesunkanmi,Samuel Chibuzo Ajekwu,Olusegun Ajenifuja,Olusegun I. Alatise,Tajudeen A. Badmus,Taj Mohammed,Olalekan Olasehinde,Abdulkadir A. Salako,Oludayo Adedapo Sowande,Ademola Olusegun Talabi,Funmilola Wuraola,Paul A Adegoke,Abidemi Akinloye,Ayodeji Akinniyi,Joseph Ejimogu,Ideyonbe Samuel Eseile,Olakayode O. Ogundoyin,A. Okedare,Dare I Olulana,Omolara Omotola,Francis Sanwo,Adewale O Ajagbe,Olugbenga Akintunde,Opeyemi Q Asafa,Kehinde Awodele,Amogu K. Eziyi,Adeniyi Fasanu,Olufemi Ojewuyi,A. Ojewuyi,Abisola E Oyedele,O. A. Taiwo,Nathaniel D. Adewole,Teddy E. Agida,Eunice E Ailunia,Oseremen I. Aisuodionoe-Shadrach,Godwin O Akaba,J. Alfred,Terkaa Atim,Kehinde G Bawa,JY Chinda,Esther B Daluk,Sefiu B Eniola,Augusta O Ezenwa,Stephen Garba,Ndubuisi Mbajiekwe,P. M. Mshelbwala,Ngozi Ndukwe,I. P. Ogolekwu,Alexander Akogwu Ohemu,S Olori,O. Osagie,Samuel A Sani,Salisu Suleiman,Helen Sunday,Nancy Tabuanu,Aminu Mohammed Umar,Alexander I Arekhandia,Morrison E Edena,Raymond A Eghonghon,Joel E Enaholo,G Ida,Stanley N Ideh,Oseihie I. Iribhogbe,Omorodion Irowa,Maradona Ehikioya Isikhuemen,Oluwatomi Odutola,Kester O Okoduwa,Scott O Omorogbe,David Oruade,Osasumwen Theophilus Osagie,Osarenkhoe Omorefosa Osemwegie,Rukiyat Adeola Abdus-Salam,S. A. Adebayo,O Ajagbe,Akinlabi Ajao,G. Ajibola,Omobolaji O. Ayandipo,K.I. Egbuchulem,Hyginus Ekwuazi,Peter Olusola Elemile,Ade Fakoya,O. Idowu,David O. Irabor,Taiwo A. Lawal,Olatunji O. Lawal,Oluwabukade T Ojediran,Naomi Olagunju,A. T. Sanusi,Augustine O. Takure,M.O Adebisi,N A Adeleke,R. Afolabi,I.I. Aremu,Jibril Oyekunle Bello,Robiat Bello,A. Lawal,Saheed Abolade Lawal,Adeolu Ojajuni,S. Oyewale,Hadijat O. Raji,Olayinka Sayomi,Asimiyu Shittu,P.O. Igwe,Ikechukwu Enyinnaya Iweha,Raphael E John,Nnyonno Okoi,Philemon E Okoro,Vaduneme K Oriji,Ibiene T Oweredaba,Immaculee Mutimamwiza,Francoise Nirere,Irenee Niyongombwa,Rongin Dukuzimana,Jean Aimable Habiyakare,Marie Gloriose Nabada,Marcel Uwizeye,Faustine Ingabire,Aloys Karekezi,Jean Pierre Masengesho,Christophe Mpirimbanyi,Lydia Mukamazera,Clemence Mukangabo,Jean Paul Niyomuremyi,Gabriel Ntwari,Celestin Seneza,Divine Umuhoza,A. Imanishimwe,Salathiel Kanyarukiko,Anaclet Dusabimana,Samuel Kanyesigye,Francine Mukaneza,Deborah Mukantibaziyaremye,Aphrodis Munyaneza,Gibert Ndegamiye,Pierrine Nyirangeri,Ronald Tubasiime,Jeannine Uwimana,Emelyne Izabiriza,Hope Lydia Maniraguha,Josiane Mutuyimana,Olivier Mwenedata,Elisee Rwagahirima,Job Zirikana,Josine Umuhoza,Roda Uwayezu,Leoncie Uzikwambara,Elysee Kabanda,Salomee Mbonimpaye,Christine Mukakomite,Piolette Muroruhirwe,Moise Dusabeyezu,Athanasie Mukasine,Jean N. Utumatwishima,Georges Bucyibaruta,Sosthene Habumuremyi,Jean de Dieu Haragirimana,Allen Ingabire,Violette Mukanyange,Emmanuel Munyaneza,Emmanuel Mutabazi,Espoir Mwungura,Isaie Ncogoza,J. Nyirahabimana,Dancilla Nyirasebura,Christian Urimubabo,Mary Augusta Adams,Chikwendu Ede,G. Hyman,Mpho Nosipho Mathe,N. Nhlabathi,H. Nxumalo,Nnosa Sentholang,Mmule Evelyn Sethoana,P. Wondoh,A. Domingo,Philip Munda,Chido Nyatsambo,V. Ojo,Ruveneko Pswarayi,David G. Jayne,Soeren Laurberg,Neil Smart,Simon Cousens,Luke A Aniakwo,Esther Adjei-Acquah,Leslie I. Adam-Zakariah,Emma A Agbowada,D. Acheampong,Samira Abdulai,I. Abdul-Aziz,Vivian Adobea,Saba Abdul-Hafiz,Emmanuel Kojo Acquah,Suzanne Marie John,A Gautham,E. Abraham,Sudheer Kanchodu,Ashok K. Attri,Manish Aggarwal,Viju John,Mohammed Adnan,Vijay Anand Ismavel,Naseem Akhtar,Rahul Alpheus,Muneer Abas Malik,Hafsa Ahmed,Subrat K. Raul,Andrea S Alvarez Villaseñor,Jesus Mata,Monica Castillo,Laura Martinez Perez-Maldonado,Katya Estefanía Bozada-Gutiérrez,Roland Kevin Cethorth Fonseca,Gabriela Ambriz-González,Aishatu Abdullahi,Abdulhafiz A Abdulkarim,Lubabatu Abdulrasheed,Moruf Adekunle Abdulsalam,Esther Abunimye,Innocent O Duruewuru,Collins Chijioke Adumah,Habiba Ibrahim Abdullahi,Peter Agbonrofo,Lukman O. Abdur-Rahman,V. Abhulimen,Japhet Mizero,Jean Paul Majyabere,Anastase Byaruhanga,Mathias Ruhosha,Joselyne Igiraneza,Moses Dusabe,I. C. Sibomana,Desire Rubanguka,Aime Dieudone Hirwa,Herbert Butana,M. Batangana,Maria Fourtounas,Jonathan Cook,Julia Brown +873 more
TL;DR: This trial showed a robust benefit to routinely changing gloves and instruments before abdominal wound closure and suggests that it should be widely implemented into surgical practice around the world.
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Predicting mortality in adults with suspected infection in a Rwandan hospital: an evaluation of the adapted MEWS, qSOFA and UVA scores.
Amanda Klinger,Ariel Mueller,Tori Sutherland,Tori Sutherland,Christophe Mpirimbanyi,Elie Nziyomaze,Jean Paul Niyomugabo,Zack Niyonsenga,Jennifer Rickard,Daniel Talmor,Daniel Talmor,Elisabeth D. Riviello +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, the predictive capacity of adapted MEWS, qSOFA, and UVA in a Rwandan hospital was evaluated and no statistically significant difference between the discriminative capacities of the scores.
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Emergency general surgery in Rwandan district hospitals: a cross-sectional study of spectrum, management, and patient outcomes
Christophe Mpirimbanyi,Alexandre Nyirimodoka,Yihan Lin,Bethany Hedt-Gauthier,Bethany Hedt-Gauthier,Jackline Odhiambo,Theoneste Nkurunziza,Joaquim M. Havens,Jack M Omondi,Emile Rwamasirabo,Faustin Ntirenganya,Gabriel Toma,Gabriel Toma,Joel Mubiligi,Scheilla Bayitondere,Robert Riviello,Robert Riviello +16 more
TL;DR: While acute abdominal conditions are often considered the most common emergency general surgical condition in sub-Saharan Africa, soft tissue infections were the mostCommon in the setting, providing evidence to support increasing the surgical workforce in district hospitals in order to increase surgical availability for patients.
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 +9 more
TL;DR: Expanding surgical access at the DH has the potential to decrease delays and thereby improves patient outcomes, as well as addressing providers’ perceptions for not performing surgeries at DH.
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Assessing the cost of laparotomy at a rural district hospital in Rwanda using time-driven activity-based costing.
J Ruhumuriza,Jackline Odhiambo,Robert Riviello,Yihan Lin,Yihan Lin,Theoneste Nkurunziza,Mark G. Shrime,Mark G. Shrime,Rebecca G. Maine,JM Omondi,Christophe Mpirimbanyi,J de la Paix Sebakarane,P Hagugimana,C Rusangwa,Bethany Hedt-Gauthier,Bethany Hedt-Gauthier +15 more
- 01 Feb 2018
TL;DR: In low‐ and middle-income countries, the majority of patients lack access to surgical care due to limited personnel and infrastructure, and little is known about the cost of laparotomy and associated clinical care in these settings.
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