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Intensive Care in Low-Income Countries — A Critical Need

Firth, Paul ; Ttendo, Stephen

The New England journal of medicine, 2012-11, Vol.367 (21), p.1974-1976 [Periódico revisado por pares]

United States: Massachusetts Medical Society

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Intensive Care in Low-Income Countries — A Critical Need
Autor: Firth, Paul ; Ttendo, Stephen
Assuntos: Chronic illnesses ; Critical Care ; Critical care medicine ; Developing Countries ; Disease ; Economic aspects ; Health aspects ; Health Services Needs and Demand ; Hospitals ; Humans ; Intensive care ; Intensive care units ; Intensive Care Units - organization & administration ; Low income groups ; Management ; Postoperative period ; Poverty ; Uganda
É parte de: The New England journal of medicine, 2012-11, Vol.367 (21), p.1974-1976
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Descrição: Intensive Care in Low-Income Countries Providing critical care may not seem to be a rational priority in low-income countries such as Uganda. But inadequate infrastructure, disease burden, and demographic characteristics, combined with the broader benefits of ICUs, make it an essential component of improved care delivery. Mbarara is a small town in the rural southwest of Uganda, one of the poorest countries in the world. The per capita income in this equatorial East African nation is less than $4 a day, and one third of the population lives below the poverty line. 1 When the Ugandan government and foreign donors recently committed to upgrading Mbarara Hospital's aging infrastructure, the hospital steering committee identified the expansion of the intensive care unit (ICU) as a critical objective. At first glance, the provision of critical care may not appear to be a rational or cost-effective priority in a country where . . .
Editor: United States: Massachusetts Medical Society
Idioma: Inglês

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United States: Massachusetts Medical Society

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