Factors to be Considered in Advancing Pediatric Critical Care Across the World

Andrew C Argent; Suchitra Ranjit; Mark J Peters; Amelie von Saint Andre-von Arnim; Md Jobayer Chisti; Roberto Jabornisky; Ndidiamaka L Musa; Niranjan Kissoon

doi:10.1016/j.ccc.2022.07.001

Factors to be Considered in Advancing Pediatric Critical Care Across the World

Crit Care Clin. 2022 Oct;38(4):707-720. doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2022.07.001.

Authors

Andrew C Argent¹, Suchitra Ranjit², Mark J Peters³, Amelie von Saint Andre-von Arnim⁴, Md Jobayer Chisti⁵, Roberto Jabornisky⁶, Ndidiamaka L Musa⁷, Niranjan Kissoon⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Klipfontein Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa. Electronic address: Andrew.Argent@uct.ac.za.
² Pediatric ICU, Apollo Children's Hospital, 15, Shafee Mhd Road, Chennai 600006, India.
³ University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, WC1N 3JH, UK; Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, WC1N 1EH, UK.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Washington, Seattle Children's, 4800 Sand Point Way NorthEast, Seattle, WA 98105, USA; Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle Children's, 4800 Sand Point Way NorthEast, Seattle, WA 98105, USA.
⁵ ARI Ward, Dhaka Hospital, Nutrition and Clinical Services Division, icddr,b, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh.
⁶ Universidad Nacional Del Nordeste, Argentina. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (Hospital Juan Pablo II and Hospital Olga Stuky) Argentina, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos, LARed Network, Universidad Nacional Del Nordeste, 1420 Mariano Moreno, Corrientes 3400, Argentina.
⁷ Paediatric Critical Care, University of Washington, 4800 Sand Point Way NorthEast, Seattle, WA 98105, USA.
⁸ British Columbia Children's Hospital and The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3V4, Canada.

PMID: 36162906
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2022.07.001

Abstract

This article reviews the many factors that have to be taken into account as we consider the advancement of pediatric critical care (PCC) in multiple settings across the world. The extent of PCC and the range of patients who are cared for in this environment are considered. Along with a review of the ongoing treatment and technology advances in the PCC setting, the structures and systems required to support these services are also considered. Finally the question of how PCC can be made sustainable in a volatile world with the impacts of global crises such as climate change is addressed.

Keywords: Development; Global health; Pediatric critical care.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Child
Critical Care*
Humans
Pediatrics*