Critical care of tropical disease in low income countries: Report from the Task Force on Tropical Diseases by the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 42, Issue , 2017, Pages 351-354

  Baker, Tim ^a,b   Khalid, Karima ^c   Acicbe, Ozlem ^d   McGloughlin, Steve ^e   Amin, Pravin ^f  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d Van Teaching and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^e ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Critical care; Developing countries; Neglected diseases; Quality improvement; Quality of health care; Tropical medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE BURDEN; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MORTALITY RATE; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PULSE OXIMETRY; SEPSIS; STAFF TRAINING; TEAMWORK; TROPICAL DISEASE; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CRITICAL CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 85034778625     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2017.11.028     Document Type: Article

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