Critical care in low-income countries

Critical care in low-income countries.

Critical care in low-income countries remains rudimentary. When defined as all aspects of care for patients with sudden, serious, reversible disease, critical care is not disease or age specific and includes triage and emergency medicine, hospital systems, quality of care and Intensive Care Units. This review collates the literature on critical care in low-income countries and explores how the ...

Intensive care in low-income countries--a critical need.

n engl j med 367;21 nejm.org november 22, 2012 1974 to strengthen the planning of the postauthorization phase and reduce preventable harm. Once a product is on the market, new safety signals may emerge. Spontaneous reports of adverse reactions can be used to identify patterns of drug–drug and drug–disease interactions that were not apparent before authorization. Collection of data from all poss...

Performance of critical care prognostic scoring systems in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review

BACKGROUND Prognostic models-used in critical care medicine for mortality predictions, for benchmarking and for illness stratification in clinical trials-have been validated predominantly in high-income countries. These results may not be reproducible in low or middle-income countries (LMICs), not only because of different case-mix characteristics but also because of missing predictor variables...

Commentary: Challenges and Priorities for Pediatric Critical Care Clinician–Researchers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Challenges and Priorities for Pediatric Critical Care Clinician-Researchers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Introduction There is need for more data on critical care outcomes and interventions from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Global research collaborations could help improve health-care delivery for critically ill children in LMIC where child mortality rates remain high. Materials and methods To inform the role of collaborative research in health-care delivery for critically ill childr...