Background The burden of pediatric critical illness and resource utilization by children with
critical illness in resource limited settings (RLS) are largely unknown. Without specific data
that captures key aspects of critical illness, disease presentation, and resource utilization for
pediatric populations in RLS, development of a contextual framework for appropriate,
evidence-based interventions to guide allocation of limited but available resources is
challenging. We present this methods paper which describes our efforts to determine the …

… To better understand the burden of pediatric acute critical illness and associated
resource utilization in RLS, we propose the Pediatric Acute cRitical Illness point prevalence
sTudY; Global PARITY. The overarching objectives of the study are to 1) engage the global
pediatric critical care community to establish baseline frequencies and outcomes of
common conditions leading to morbidity and mortality of children in RLS, 2) inform a
prospective research agenda to challenge the status quo and discover breakthroughs in …