The Sierra Leone Ultrasound Rainbow4Africa Project (SLURP): an observational study of ultrasound effectiveness in developing countries

The Sierra Leone Ultrasound Rainbow4Africa Project (SLURP): an observational study of ultrasound effectiveness in developing countries

Abstract Background Diagnostic tools available in low-income countries are often really basic even if patients can be as sick as those of the richer countries. Point-of-care ultrasound could be a solution for this problem. We studied the impact of ultrasound at the Holy Spirit Hospital, Makeni, Sier...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Lamorte, Enrico Boero, Paola Crida, Abdul R. Conteh, Marco Foletti, Paolo Narcisi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-10-01
Series:Critical Ultrasound Journal
Subjects:
Point-of-care ultrasound
Low-income countries
Developing Countries
Rural context
Emergency medicine
Diagnostic
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13089-016-0051-y

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