Predictive Role of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) in Patients With Peritonitis at the National Hospital Abuja.

Background: A validated tool may facilitate assessing the severity of peritonitis among surgical patients. This study evaluates the predictive role of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) in the surgical outcomes of patients managed for peritonitis in Abuja.

Method: This is a prospective study of consecutive adult patients managed for peritonitis by the general surgery unit of National Hospital Abuja (NHA) over a 19-month period (September 2020 through March 2022).

Analysis of diagnoses of chest injuries in a Nigerian trauma center.

Background: Chest injury is one of the most common types of trauma-related injuries accounting for about 10% of trauma admissions in emergency services. The injuries may be immediate, life-threatening, or potentially life-threatening based on diagnosis after initial assessment. This study is intended to analyze the pattern of diagnosis found in chest-injured patients in a trauma center of a developing country.

The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on acute trauma patients seen at the National Hospital Trauma Centre Abuja, Nigeria.

Introduction: trauma is the leading cause of mortality in individuals less than 45 years. The principles of Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) which is used around the world in resuscitation of trauma patients have been considered to be safe. However, the outbreak of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected the processes and characteristics of acute trauma patients seen around the world.

Pattern of trauma in elderly patients seen at the trauma centre of national hospital Abuja, Nigeria.

Introduction: The global population is aging, creating challenges for health systems. The mean age of patients with major trauma has increased over time, posing some challenges for trauma system designs. Elderly trauma patients are said to have higher mortality rates and longer hospital and intensive care unit stays.

Observed benefits of a major trauma centre in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria.

Introduction: A Trauma System or its components has been shown to improve trauma services and outcome of seriously injured patients. These organised services are non0existent or the components operate in isolation in most African countries.This study was done to identify the observed advances in trauma care service delivery, brought about by the beginning of operation of a trauma centre in the capital city of a West African country.