Covid-19 risks and response in South Asia

ZA Bhutta, B Basnyat, S Saha, R Laxminarayan - Bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Over the past few weeks we have seen political leaders, policy makers, and health
managers grapple with the reality of a novel coronavirus outbreak and its potential for global …

Epidemiology, management, and outcomes of sepsis in ICUs among countries of differing national wealth across Asia

A Li, L Ling, H Qin, YM Arabi, SN Myatra… - American journal of …, 2022 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Directly comparative data on sepsis epidemiology and sepsis bundle
implementation in countries of differing national wealth remain sparse. Objectives: To …

Use of mechanical ventilation across 3 countries

NK Jivraj, AD Hill, MS Shieh, M Hua… - JAMA internal …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The ability to provide invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) is a mainstay of
modern intensive care; however, whether rates of IMV vary among countries is unclear …

[HTML][HTML] Early response to COVID-19 in the Philippines

AML Amit, VCF Pepito, MM Dayrit - Western Pacific surveillance …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) with weak health systems are especially
vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we describe the challenges and …

Intensive care unit occupancy in Japan, 2015–2018: a nationwide inpatient database study

H Ohbe, Y Sasabuchi, R Kumazawa, H Matsui… - Journal of …, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: Detailed data on intensive care unit (ICU) occupancy in Japan are lacking.
Using a nationwide inpatient database in Japan, we aimed to assess ICU bed occupancy to …

Association between levels of intensive care and in-hospital mortality in patients hospitalized for sepsis stratified by sequential organ failure assessment scores

H Ohbe, Y Sasabuchi, K Doi, H Matsui… - Critical Care …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: To assess the association between levels of intensive care and in-hospital
mortality in patients hospitalized for sepsis, stratified by Sequential Organ Failure …

Developing Systems of Emergency and Inpatient Neurologic Care in Resource-Limited Settings

GS Shrestha, G Nepal, ML Prust - Seminars in Neurology, 2024 - thieme-connect.com
Neurologic diseases represent a significant global health challenge, leading to disability
and mortality worldwide. Healthcare systems in low-and middle-income countries are …

[PDF][PDF] The Challenges of Intensive Care Unit Nurses Caring for COVID-19 Patients in Indonesia: A Qualitative Study.

F Mailani, R Muthia, E Huriani, BF Krisdianto… - Nurse Media Journal …, 2022 - academia.edu
Background: After one year of the pandemic, Indonesia experienced a crisis where the
addition of COVID-19 cases increased significantly in several big cities; it made the …

A warm summer is unlikely to stop transmission of COVID‐19 naturally

M Su, S Peng, L Chen, B Wang, Y Wang, X Fan… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) showed various transmission rate
(Rt) across different regions. The determination of the factors affecting transmission rate is …

Ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 in Iran: challenges and signs of concern

M Ghafari, B Hejazi, A Karshenas, S Dascalu, L Ferretti… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Since the first outbreak in China, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly
spread around the world. Iran was one of the first countries outside of China to report …