The Use of Emergency Physicians to Deliver Anesthesia for Orthopaedic Surgery in Austere Environments: The Expansion of the Emergency Physician's General Anesthesia Syllabus to Orthopaedic Surgery.

Background: Five billion people, primarily in low-income and middle-income countries, cannot access safe, affordable surgical and anesthesia care, particularly for orthopaedic trauma. The rate-limiting step for many orthopaedic surgical procedures performed in the developing world is the absence of safe anesthesia. Even surgical mission teams providing surgical care are limited by the availability of anesthesiologists.

Prevalence of malnutrition in children under five and school-age children in Milot Valley, Haiti.

Objectives: This research aims to provide child malnutrition prevalence data from Haiti's Milot Valley to inform the design and implementation of local health interventions.

Study Design: This cross-sectional study measured underweight, stunting, and wasting/thinness using international growth standards.

Methods: Anthropometric measurements (height/length and weight) were taken on a convenience sample of 358 children aged 0-14 years.

Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in post-earthquake northern Haiti.

Background: Knowledge of nasal carriage is important in predicting staphylococcal infection, and no information exists regarding the endemicity of Staphylococcus aureus in Haiti.

Methods: We performed a cross-sectional analysis of S. aureus nasal screening in an acute care, a subacute rehabilitation, and a community setting, with a brief medical and epidemiological history.

Hypertension prevalence and knowledge assessment in rural Haiti.

Objective: Hypertension is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease throughout the world. Little is known about the prevalence of hypertension in rural Haiti. Our study aims to estimate prevalence and knowledge of hypertension in Northern Haiti.