ReviewCritical care (London, England)2023
Global critical care: a call to action.
Review in Critical care (London, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06051526 (The African Critical Illness Outcomes Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 35 papers.
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The African Critical Illness Outcomes Study
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35 citing papers in PubMed.
- Association between vitamin D deficiency and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients: A retrospective cohort study.The Journal of international medical research · 2026Article
- Association of Vital Sign and Laboratory Abnormalities Detected via Remote Monitoring with ICU Readmission and Mortality: An Observational Cohort Study.Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety · 2026Observational
- Critical care capacity in Africa: postpandemic ICU capacity, service readiness and patient profiles across public and private hospitals in Ethiopia.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- Stratified Causal Inference for Intensive Care Unit Risk Prediction: Informatics-Based Modeling of Anesthetic Drug Combinations.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Patient, family and clinician priorities for critical care research in Asia and Africa: a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership using modified Delphi and nominal group techniques.BMJ global health · 2026Article
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- Global burden of maternal sepsis and other maternal infections from 1990 to 2021, with projections to 2050: risk factors and trends.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2026Article
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Artificial Intelligence in Predicting Admission Status, Intensive Care Requirements, and Mortality in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2026Review
- A Reflection on Current Definitions of Critical Care and Critical Illness-A Narrative Review of the Literature.Nursing in critical care · 2026Review
- Role of the gut-lung axis in sepsis and the effect of probiotics on pulmonary complications.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Article
- Large Language Models in Critical Care Medicine: Scoping Review.JMIR medical informatics · 2025Article
- Palliative care and end-of-life quality indicators in critical patients in ICU: systematic review protocol.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Cost-Effectiveness in Critical Care: A Systematic Review of Empirical Evaluations.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Lessons learned from the promotion of Essential Emergency and Critical Care in Tanzania - a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Diagnostic Innovations to Combat Antibiotic Resistance in Critical Care: Tools for Targeted Therapy and Stewardship.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Mortality of trauma patients in conflict-affected region: a retrospective observational study of ICU admissions and surgical management.BMC surgery · 2025Observational
- A systematic multimodal assessment of AI machine translation tools for enhancing access to critical care education internationally.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- The Unmet Critical Care Burden at a Central Hospital in a Resource-Limited Setting: A Point Prevalence Study.World journal of surgery · 2025Article
- Hospital burden of critical illness across global settings: a point prevalence and cohort study in Malawi, Sri Lanka and Sweden.BMJ global health · 2025Observational
- Non-medical costs incurred by critically ill patients with dengue, sepsis and tetanus within a major referral hospital in Southern Vietnam: a cost of illness study.BMJ public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Critical care is underprioritized. A global call to action is needed to increase equitable access to care and the quality of care provided to critically ill patients. Current challenges to effective critical care in resource-constrained settings are many. Estimates of the burden of critical illness are extrapolated from common etiologies, but the true burden remains ill-defined. Measuring the burden of critical illness is epidemiologically challenging but is thought to be increasing. Resources, infrastructure, and training are inadequate. Millions die unnecessarily due to critical illness. Solutions start with the implementation of first-step, patient care fundamentals known as Essential Emergency and Critical Care. Such essential care stands to decrease critical-illness mortality, augment pandemic preparedness, decrease postoperative mortality, and decrease the need for advanced level care. The entire healthcare workforce must be trained in these fundamentals. Additionally, physician and nurse specialists trained in critical care are needed and must be retained as leaders of critical care initiatives, researchers, and teachers. Context-specific research is mandatory to ensure care is appropriate for the patient populations served, not just duplicated from high-resourced settings. Governments must increase healthcare spending and invest in capacity to treat critically ill patients. Advocacy at all levels is needed to achieve universal health coverage for critically ill patients.
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