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ReviewPediatric cardiology2025

Enhancing Quality of Congenital Heart Care Within Resource-Limited Settings.

Shazia Mohsin, Babar Hasan, Bistra Zheleva, Raman Krishna Kumar

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Review in Pediatric cardiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Surgery for congenital heart disease in Pakistan-the challenges and solutions.Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Shazia Mohsin *Division of Cardiothoracic Sciences, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Karachi, Pakistan.
Babar Hasan *Division of Cardiothoracic Sciences, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Karachi, Pakistan.
Bistra ZhelevaChildren's HeartLink, Edina, MN, USA.
Raman Krishna KumarDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi, India. kumar_rk@yahoo.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over 90% of the world's children with congenital heart disease (CHD) are born in the resources poor settings of low- to middle-income countries (LMICs). The shortfall in human and material resources and dysfunctional health systems leads to poor quality of care (QoC) which contributes substantially to suboptimal outcomes of patients with CHD in LMICs. Notwithstanding these challenges, it is possible to develop a quality improvement (QI) framework that can have a significant impact on outcomes and prevent a number of deaths. In this review, we examine the common barriers to implementing effective QI processes in LMICs. Using examples of successful QI initiatives in LMIC, we propose a broad framework that focuses on simple, yet effective measures involving cohesive efforts of all key participants guided and nurtured by a leadership that strongly values QoC.

Indexed as

Developing CountriesHealth ResourcesHeart Defects, CongenitalQuality ImprovementQuality of Health CareChildHumansResource-Limited SettingsCongenital heart disease (CHD)Low- to middle-income countries (LMIC)Quality improvement (QI)

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