Global Critical Care: Add Essentials to the Roadmap

[...]although overall mortality rates were unchanged following the implementation of VSDT in an intensive care unit (ICU) in Tanzania, there was a 25% absolute reduction of mortality among hypotensive patients. Improved recognition of critical illness and the delivery of basic care for critically ill patients throughout the hospital should be a central aspect of a global critical care roadmap. [...]as electronic health information systems start to proliferate in low- and middle-income countries, routinely collected hospital-wide data could be exploited [4].