Critical care and severe sepsis in resource poor settings

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 453-454

  Dondorp, Arjen M ^a,b   Haniffa, Rashan ^b,c,d  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Critical care; Intensive care units; Resource limited; Severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEPSIS; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CRITICAL CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SEPSIS;

EID: 84904385677     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru099     Document Type: Editorial

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