Erschienen in:
04.10.2018 | What's New in Intensive Care
Frugal innovation for critical care
verfasst von:
Armand Mekontso Dessap
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 2/2019
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Excerpt
Although they take care of the vast majority of critically-ill patients worldwide, intensive care units (ICUs) from low and middle income countries (LMICs) are confronted with huge challenges including medication, disposable and device shortage, in addition to human and material resource limitations. The following thoughts were driven by clinical observations during a cooperation mission in Sub-Saharan African ICUs. They aim at favoring a new approach in critical care research and innovation. …