Capnography is now recognized as an indispensable patient safety monitor. Evidence
suggests that its use improves outcomes in operating rooms, intensive care units, and …

Background Worldwide, perioperative mortality has declined over the past 50 years, but the
reduction is skewed toward high-income countries (HICs). Currently, pediatric perioperative …

Background One of the biggest barriers to accessing safe surgical and anesthetic care is
lack of trained providers. Uganda has one of the largest deficits in anesthesia providers in …

BACKGROUND: There is a large global deficit of anesthesia providers. In 2016, the World
Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) conducted a survey to count the …

Background Two-hour and 30 min travel times to a hospital capable of performing
emergency general surgery and cesarean section are benchmarks for timely surgical …

Purpose: This study intends to outline the capacity of anesthesia health system in public
hospitals of Punjab, Pakistan. Methods: A cross-sectional survey among public hospitals of …

The burden of pediatric surgical conditions in Somaliland is high and the pediatric
anesthesia capacity across the country remains poorly understood. The international …

To the Editor, A global shortage of physician anesthesia providers (PAPs), compounded by
provider maldistribution towards high-income countries and urban areas, has contributed to …

In 2017, the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) published its report
on the global anesthesia workforce. 1 This was the first attempt to delineate a …

While the development from child to adult spans the first 8000 days (or 21 years) of life,
much of the focus in global child health has been on the first 1000 days of life (between …