The Assessment, Evaluation, and Management of the Critically Ill Child in Resource-Limited International Settings
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Date
2016
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Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care
Abstract
Providing evidence-based care to the critically ill child including assessment, evaluation,
and management in resource-limited settings provides unique challenges and limitless
opportunities to significantly impact morbidity and mortality in these settings.
Difficulties encountered include: determining which disease processes will benefit
most from critical care in resource-limited settings, lack of triage tools and adjuncts
to help with assessment, finite laboratory and radiological tests, limited understanding
of key findings in critically ill/injured pediatric patients, (especially by those without
pediatric focused training), and finally, lack of supplies, medicines, equipment, and
training of health care providers to appropriately treat critically ill children in these
resource-limited settings. In this review, the most common problems encountered and
possible solutions to overcome these obstacles are discussed.
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Keywords
► intensive care unit ► critical care ► low-resource setting
Citation
Slusher T, Bjorklund A, Aanyu HT, Kiragu A, Philip C. The Assessment, Evaluation, and Management of the Critically Ill Child in Resource-Limited International Settings. J Pediatr Intensive Care. 2017 Mar;6(1):66-76. doi: 10.1055/s-0036-1584677. Epub 2016 Jun 29. PMID: 31073427; PMCID: PMC6260265