Cardiac rehabilitation delivery model for low-resource settings

Cardiac rehabilitation delivery model for low-resource settings

OBJECTIVE Cardiovascular disease is a global epidemic, which is largely preventable. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is demonstrated to be cost-effective and efficacious in high-income countries. CR could represent an important approach to mitigate the epidemic of cardiovascular disease in lower-resource settings. The purpose of this consensus statement was to review low-cost approaches to deliveri...

Cardiac Rehabilitation Delivery Model for Low-Resource Settings: An International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Consensus Statement.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a global epidemic, which is largely preventable. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is demonstrated to be efficacious and cost-effective for secondary prevention in high-income countries. Given its affordability, CR should be more broadly implemented in middle-income countries as well. Hence, the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (ICC...

Telemedicine in Low-Resource Settings

Telemedicine is a fuzzy term with several synonyms (telehealth, e-health, etc), which cover a wide range of topics, all concerning the delivery of health care at a distance. “Health care” itself is a broad concept, encompassing diagnosis and treatment of patients, education of staff, patients, and the general public, and administrative activities, such as collecting public health data, as well ...

Cervical cancer prevention in low-resource settings.

Objective: To help care providers understand the current status of cervical cancer in low-resource countries. Options: The most effective and practical options for cervical screening and treatment in low-resource countries are evaluated. Outcomes: Improvement in rates of prevention and early detection of cervical cancer in low-resource countries. Evidence: PubMed or Medline, CINAHL, and The Coc...

Urinary Tract Injuries in Low-Resource Settings