• Tropical doctor · Apr 2010

    Hospital-based injury data in Malawi: strategies for data collection and feasibility of trauma scoring tools.

    • Jonathan C Samuel, Adesola Akinkuotu, Paul Baloyi, Andres Villaveces, Anthony Charles, Clara N Lee, William Miller, Irving F Hoffman, and Arturo P Muyco.
    • Department of Surgery, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi. jsamuel@unch.unc.edu
    • Trop Doct. 2010 Apr 1; 40 (2): 98-9.

    AbstractInjury is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Utilizing a partnership between Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) and the University of North Carolina Departments of Surgery, we describe an approach to injury surveillance, examine the utility of trauma scoring systems, and outline steps necessary before such scoring systems can be reliably instituted in a resource-constrained setting.

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