Global Critical Care: Moving Forward in Resource-Limited Settings

Caring for critically ill patients is challenging in resource-limited settings, where the burden of disease and mortality from potentially treatable illnesses is higher than in resource-rich areas. Barriers to delivering quality critical care in these settings include lack of epidemiologic data and...

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Published in:Annals of global health Vol. 85; no. 1; p. 3
Main Authors: Diaz, Janet V., Riviello, Elisabeth D., Papali, Alfred, Adhikari, Neill K. J., Ferreira, Juliana C.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Ubiquity Press 22.01.2019
Subjects:
Capacity development
Clinical trials
Critical care
Decision making
Disease
Education
Epidemiology
Health care access
Illnesses
Infrastructure
Intensive care
International organizations
Mass casualty incidents
Medical personnel
Mortality
Pandemics
Patients
Professionals
Quality improvement
Review
Sepsis
ISSN:2214-9996, 2214-9996
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Summary:Caring for critically ill patients is challenging in resource-limited settings, where the burden of disease and mortality from potentially treatable illnesses is higher than in resource-rich areas. Barriers to delivering quality critical care in these settings include lack of epidemiologic data and context-specific evidence for medical decision-making, deficiencies in health systems organization and resources, and institutional obstacles to implementation of life-saving interventions. Potential solutions include the development of common definitions for intensive care unit (ICU), intensivist, and intensive care to create a universal ICU organization framework; development of educational programs for capacity building of health care professionals working in resource-limited settings; global prioritization of epidemiologic and clinical research in resource-limited settings to conduct timely and ethical studies in response to emerging threats; adaptation of international guidelines to promote implementation of evidence-based care; and strengthening of health systems that integrates these interventions. This manuscript reviews the field of global critical care, barriers to safe high-quality care, and potential solutions to existing challenges. We also suggest a roadmap for improving the treatment of critically ill patients in resource-limited settings.
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ISSN:2214-9996
2214-9996
DOI:10.5334/aogh.2413