Retrospective review of the patient cases at a major trauma center in Nairobi, Kenya and implications for emergency care development

ConclusionsTrends toward NCDs and traumatic diseases have been described by this study and merit further investigation in both the urban and rural setting. Specifically, the significance of head injury on healthcare cost, utilisation, and patient death and disability points to the growing need of additional resources at Kenyatta National Hospital for acute care. It further demonstrates the mounting impact of trauma in Kenya and throughout the developing world.African relevance•This is a comprehensive description of the emergency centre at Kenya's largest public tertiary hospital•It adds to descriptions of trends of non-communicable and traumatic diseases in low- and middle-income countries•It describes epidemiology in Kenya, one of Africa's largest countries
Source: African Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research