What’s new in PICU in resource limited settings?

It is in the richer countries of the world that critically ill children are most likely to receive care in an (paediatric) intensive care unit [(P)ICU], while most of the children in the world live in low and middle income countries (LMICs) [1]. Recently there has been substantial improvement in mortality among children in many of these LMICs, with an increased focus on the care of critically ill children. However, extracting optimal value from critical care treatment in LMICs depends on a deep understanding of the resources required to provide incremental levels of care to critically ill children, as well as a focus on the interventions that will make the most difference.