ReviewMedizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin2022
Successful implementation of modern critical care in the low-resources country Bosnia and Herzegovina : Single-center experience.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Cross-Sectional Survey of Critical Care Provision in Ministry of Health Hospitals in Zambia.Nursing in critical care · 2026Article
- Consensus statement for managing patients with ARDS in low-resource settings: a Delphi study.Annals of intensive care · 2026Article
- Overcoming challenges: implementing and scaling clinical pharmacy education and practice in the Republic of Srpska/Bosnia and Herzegovina.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2025Article
- Intubation Versus Tracheotomy Outcomes in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients in Low-Resource Settings: What Do We Know?Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Screening Among Hypertensive Patients in Low-Resource Settings.Cureus · 2025Article
- Consensus statements for the establishment of medical intensive care in low-resource settings: international study using modified Delphi methodology.Critical care (London, England) · 2024Article
- Enhancing Cranio-Maxillofacial Fracture Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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- Challenges, obstacles, and unknowns in implementing principles of modern intensive care medicine in low-resource settings: an insider's perspective.Intensive care medicine · 2024Article
- Boosting ICU capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic in the western Balkan region, The Republic of Srpska experience.Journal of public health research · 2023Article
- Characteristics and Outcomes of Critically Ill Pregnant/Postpartum Women with COVID-19 Pneumonia in Western Balkans, The Republic of Srpska Report.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Observational
- Beneficial Treatment Outcomes of Severe COVID-19 Patients Treated Entirely in Primary Care Settings With Dexamethasone Including Regimen-Case Series Report.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundCritical care medicine is a relatively young discipline, developed in the mid-1950s in response to the outbreak of poliomyelitis. The mass application of mechanical ventilation and its subsequent technical advancement helped manage large numbers of patients with respiratory failure. This branch of medicine evolved much faster in high-income (HIC) than low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Seventy years later, mankind's encounter with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) represents another major challenge for critical care medicine especially in LMIC countries where over two thirds of the world population live.
methodsSystematic analysis of written documents related to the establishment of the first multidisciplinary medical intensive care unit (MICU) in Bosnia and Herzegovina and its development to the present day.
resultsWe describe the experience of setting up a modern critical care program under LMIC constraints as a promising way forward to meet the increased worldwide demand for critical care. Successful development is contingent on formal education and continued mentorship from HIC, establishment of a multidisciplinary team, the support from local health care authorities, development of a formal subspecialty training, academic faculty development, and research. Novel technologies including tele-education provide additional opportunities for rapid development and dissemination of critical care medicine programs in LMIC.
conclusionCritical care medicine is a critical public health need in HIC and LMIC alike. The challenges associated with the coronavirus pandemic should serve as a wakeup call for rapid development of critical care programs around the world.
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