title: Anaesthesia in rural Tanzania.
abstract: A survey of the anaesthetic services in rural Tanzania was carried out in an area of 67500 km2 and population of 4 million in order to assess the quality of anaesthesia and the major obstacles to good practice. Lack of draw-over vaporizers, Ayre's T-pieces, and a supply of oxygen were found to be the major obstacles to safe practice in this area of Africa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kimaro
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Towey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D000761:Anesthesia Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D002648:Child; D006295:Health Resources; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012449:Safety; D013636:Tanzania; D016526:Workload