Emergency Department of a Rural Hospital in Ecuador
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Emergency Department of a Rural Hospital in Ecuador
INTRODUCTION There is a paucity of data studying patients and complaints presenting to emergency departments (EDs) in low- and middle-income countries. The town of Pedro Vicente Maldonado (PVM) is located in the northwestern highlands of Ecuador. Hospital PVM (HPVM) is a rural teaching hospital providing family medicine residency training. These physicians provide around-the-clock acute medical...
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1936-900X,1936-9018
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2015.11.27936