ReviewLancet (London, England)2010
Critical care and the global burden of critical illness in adults.
Review in Lancet (London, England), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 9 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 568 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Understanding and Improving Dysphagia After Mechanical Ventilation
Outcomes of Metabolic Resuscitation Using Ascorbic Acid, Thiamine, and Glucocorticoids in the Early Treatment of Sepsis.
Post-extubation Assessment of Laryngeal Symptoms and Severity
Assessment of Clinical Practice of Mechanical Ventilation After COVID-19 Pan-demic Among 57 Countries: A Systematic Analysis for the Global BurdEn of Me-chanIcal VeNtilatIon (GEMINI Study) 2022, From VENTILAGROUP.
The African Critical Illness Outcomes Study
An Observational Pilot Study for the Multi-Modality Risk Prediction and Early Identification of Critically Ill Septic Patients in the Emergency Department
Potentially MOdifiable Factors To ImproVe Outcomes of Mechanically Ventilated Patients in ICUs in a Low-income Country: Rationale and Protocol for a Registry-embedded Prospective Observational Study
Assessment of Ventilation Parameters for Extubation Prediction in ICU
Development and Validation of a Prediction Algorithms to Estimate the Clinical Effect of Early Rehabilitation on ICU Survivors Received Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU
Who cites it
568 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,334 citations in OpenAlex.
- Technology-Enhanced Strategies to Optimize Positive End-Expiratory Pressure in Patients Receiving Invasive Mechanical Ventilation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Critical care medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Biomarkers and clinical factors associated with sepsis-induced coagulopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Science progress · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of proportional assist ventilation plus versus pressure support ventilation on successful weaning in critically ill adults: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and trial sequential analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence and risk factors for postextubation dysphagia in ICU patients with orotracheal intubation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence of carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria among neonates suspected for sepsis in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Methylene Blue in Septic Shock: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Critical care explorations · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Fludrocortisone Plus Hydrocortisone versus Hydrocortisone Alone in Septic Shock: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Ketamine versus etomidate as an induction agent for tracheal intubation in critically ill adults: a Bayesian meta-analysis.Critical care (London, England) · 2024Pooled it
- Critical care delivery across health care systems in low-income and low-middle-income country settings: A systematic review.Journal of global health · 2023Pooled it
- Higher versus lower fractions of inspired oxygen or targets of arterial oxygenation for adults admitted to the intensive care unit.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Incidence and outcomes of critical illness in indigenous peoples: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Critical care (London, England) · 2023Pooled it
- Noninvasive respiratory support after extubation: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2023Pooled it
- Propofol and survival: an updated meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.Critical care (London, England) · 2023Pooled it
- Resource use, availability and cost in the provision of critical care in Tanzania: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- The Role and Efficacy of Vitamin C in Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in respiratory medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Alpha2 agonists for sedation to produce better outcomes for adults with critical illness: a synopsis of the A2B RCT with cost-effectiveness and process evaluation.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2026Trial
- Ketamine or Etomidate for Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults.The New England journal of medicine · 2026Trial
- Slow-Tempo Music and Delirium/Coma-Free Days Among Older Adults Undergoing Mechanical Ventilation: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA internal medicine · 2025Trial
- Cost-Effectiveness of In-Bed Cycling and Routine Physiotherapy for Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Feasibility of Endoscopic Evaluations of Laryngeal Function After Extubation for Research in Critically Ill Adults.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2025Trial
508 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Critical care has evolved from treatment of poliomyelitis victims with respiratory failure in an intensive care unit to treatment of severely ill patients irrespective of location or specific technology. Population-based studies in the developed world suggest that the burden of critical illness is higher than generally appreciated and will increase as the population ages. Critical care capacity has long been needed in the developing world, and efforts to improve the care of the critically ill in these settings are starting to occur. Expansion of critical care to handle the consequences of an ageing population, natural disasters, conflict, inadequate primary care, and higher-risk medical therapies will be challenged by high costs at a time of economic constraint. To meet this challenge, investigators in this discipline will need to measure the global burden of critical illness and available critical-care resources, and develop both preventive and therapeutic interventions that are generalisable across countries.
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