Background Globally, critical illness results in millions of deaths every year. Although many
of these deaths are potentially preventable, the basic, life-saving care of critically ill patients …

Critical illness results in millions of deaths each year. Care for those with critical illness is
often neglected due to a lack of prioritisation, co-ordination, and coverage of timely …

Objective As 'critical illness' and 'critical care'lack consensus definitions, this study aimed to
explore how the concepts' are used, describe their defining attributes, and propose potential …

► Improving the quality and availability of critical care is essential for reducing the burden of
preventable deaths in low-income and middle-income countries.► The conventional high …

Caring for critically ill patients is challenging in resource-limited settings, where the burden
of disease and mortality from potentially treatable illnesses is higher than in resource-rich …

Critical care is underprioritized. A global call to action is needed to increase equitable
access to care and the quality of care provided to critically ill patients. Current challenges to …

Coronavirus-19 disease (COVID-19) has quickly spread to cause a global pandemic, and
produces a spectrum of disease from mild respiratory illness to severe acute respiratory …

The global 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has led to major challenges in
clinical decision making when the demand for intensive care exceeds local capacity. In …

Abstract This White Paper has been formally accepted for support by the International
Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM) and by the World Federation of Intensive and …

Critical care medicine is a global specialty and epidemiologic research among countries
provides important data on availability of critical care resources, best practices, and …