Critical care in resource-poor settings: Lessons learned and future directions

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 860-867

  Riviello, Elisabeth D ^a   Letchford, Stephen ^b   Achieng, Loice ^b   Newton, Mark W ^b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b AIC KIJABE HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; critical care; developing countries; review; sub Saharan Africa; technology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SEPTIC SHOCK;

EID: 79953216323     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318206d6d5     Document Type: Article

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