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Chapter 6 - Critical Care Medicine

from Section 1 - Health and Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2025

By
Tim Baker ,
Ben Morton ,
Karima Khalid ,
Mtisunge Kachingwe  and
Trustworthy Sithembile Majuta
Edited by
David Mabey ,
Martin W. Weber ,
Moffat Nyirenda ,
Dorothy Yeboah-Manu ,
Jackson Orem ,
Laura Benjamin ,
Michael Marks  and
Nicholas A. Feasey
David Mabey
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Martin W. Weber
Affiliation:
World Health Organization
Moffat Nyirenda
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dorothy Yeboah-Manu
Affiliation:
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana
Jackson Orem
Affiliation:
Uganda Cancer Institute, Kampala
Laura Benjamin
Affiliation:
University College London
Michael Marks
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Nicholas A. Feasey
Affiliation:
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
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Summary

Managing patients with critical illness is challenging, especially in resource-limited settings. This chapter describes standardized approaches to optimize care of critically ill patients and improve outcomes in African health-care facilities. The focus here is on the care of adults, but much of the content is applicable to the critically ill child.

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Principles of Medicine in Africa , pp. 79 - 86
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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