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Pediatric Critical Care: A Global View

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Pediatric critical care aims on saving the lives of sick and injured children, however, most children die without access to pediatric critical care. With progress towards attainment of the Millennium Development Goals across the world, there has been a significant drop in child mortality in most countries. As issues such as nutrition, immunization, access to clean water and sanitation, and access to healthcare are addressed, pediatric critical care will become an increasingly important part of any strategy to reduce childhood deaths. Critical care can only be beneficial in an integrated health system, but the time –sensitive nature of the care required by sick children poses specific challenges. As processes to recognize and treat sick children improve, the role of and need for intensive care services will increase. It is important that these services should be efficient as possible and should not develop de novo but within an integrated network for the provision of care for critically ill children.

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  1. School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Andrew C. Argent MB, BCh, MMed, FCPaeds, DCH

  2. Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Klipfontein Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa

    Andrew C. Argent MB, BCh, MMed, FCPaeds, DCH

  3. Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Niranjan Kissoon MD, FRCP(C), FAAP, FCCM, FACPE

  4. Acute and Critical Care – Global Child Health, BC Children’s Hospital and The University of British Columbia, 4480 Oak Street, Room B245, Vancouver, BC, V6H3V4, Canada

    Niranjan Kissoon MD, FRCP(C), FAAP, FCCM, FACPE

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Argent, A.C., Kissoon, N. (2014). Pediatric Critical Care: A Global View. In: Wheeler, D., Wong, H., Shanley, T. (eds) Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6362-6_1

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