Surgical Care of Pediatric Patients in the Humanitarian Setting
Author(s) -
Maeve O’Neill Trudeau,
Emmanuel Baron,
Patrick Hérard,
Amy S. Labar,
Xavier Lassalle,
Carrie Teicher,
David H. Rothstein
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1928
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , retrospective cohort study , cohort , family medicine , pediatrics , general surgery , surgery , nursing
Little is known about the scope of practice and outcomes in pediatric surgery performed by humanitarian organizations in resource-poor settings and conflict zones. This study provides the largest report to date detailing such data for a major nongovernmental organization providing humanitarian surgical relief support in these settings.
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