Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jan 2009
ReviewAnesthesia for thoracic surgery in children in developing countries.
Anesthesia for surgery on the lung and intra-thoracic structures requires a high level of expertise. In the developing world, patients are often poor, anemic and malnourished. ⋯ Surgery is often mandated in spite of inadequate resources. Maintaining the safety of the patient while treating them within the limits of our resources is a continuing challenge.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jan 2009
ReviewThe World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists and Pediatric Anesthesia.
The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) is an organization whose principal goal is to improve the standard of anesthesia worldwide. The education and pediatric committees focus on the needs of pediatric patients in developing countries. Subspecialty training in pediatric anesthesia is supported in several regions. The publications committee supports the distribution of textbooks in pediatric anesthesia.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jan 2009
ReviewPediatric emergency and critical care in low-income countries.
The United Nations' Millennium Development Goal 4 is to reduce the global under-five mortality rate by two-thirds by 2015. Achieving this goal requires substantial strengthening of health systems in low-income countries. ⋯ Improving intensive care units, training health staff in the fundamentals of critical care concentrating on ABC - airway, breathing, and circulation - and developing guidelines for the management of common medical emergencies could all improve the quality of inpatient pediatric care. Integration with obstetrics, adult medicine and surgery in a combined emergency and critical care service would concentrate resources and expertise.