• Journal of critical care · Dec 2017

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    Critical care of tropical disease in low income countries: Report from the Task Force on Tropical Diseases by the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine.

    • Tim Baker, Karima Khalid, Ozlem Acicbe, Steve McGloughlin, Pravin Amin, Council of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive &, and Critical Care Medicine.
    • Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi; Global Health - Health Systems & Policy, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: tim.baker@ki.se.
    • J Crit Care. 2017 Dec 1; 42: 351-354.

    AbstractTropical disease results in a great burden of critical illness. The same life-saving and supportive therapies to maintain vital organ functions that comprise critical care are required by these patients as for all other diseases. In low income countries, the little available data points towards high mortality rates and big challenges in the provision of critical care. Improving critical care in low income countries requires a focus on hospital design, training, triage, monitoring & treatment modifications, the basic principles of critical care, hygiene and the involvement of multi-disciplinary teams. As a large proportion of critical illness from tropical disease is in low income countries, the impact and reductions in mortality rates of improved critical care in such settings could be substantial.Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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