Nepal after the disaster: Insider points of view for the future of critical care medicine

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 192, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 781-784

  Aryal, Diptesh ^a   Acharya, Subhash P ^a   Shrestha, Gentle S ^a   Goffi, Alberto ^b   Hawryluck, Laura ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG USE; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MALNUTRITION; MASS DISASTER; NATURAL DISASTER; NEPAL; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SURGE CAPACITY; TERMINAL CARE; DISASTER; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PIEBALDISM;

CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NEPAL; PIEBALDISM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84943274494     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201507-1346ED     Document Type: Review

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