The reality of pediatric emergency mass critical care in the developing world

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Burkle, Frederick M ^a   Argent, Andrew C ^b   Kissoon, Niranjan ^c,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^c BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

children; developing countries; disasters; emergencies; emergency mass critical care; global health; pandemics; pediatric critical care; pediatrics; public health emergencies

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 81155151763     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318234a906     Document Type: Article

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