Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Availability of critical care resources to treat patients with severe sepsis or septic shock in Africa: a self-reported, continent-wide survey of anaesthesia providers. | Baelani et al. Critical Care 2011 15 R10 http content 15 1 R10 cs CRITICAL CARE RESEARCH Open Access Availability of critical care resources to treat patients with severe sepsis or septic shock in Africa a self-reported continent-wide survey of anaesthesia providers I k I k- i k z I I z-1 I I D . -kl k-. I 1 t lz z-A Z -I r2t I -I r I I m V3 rA r- z 4 I r- IZ s p. I 4- I5 I I Ạ í I f- z 6 I I zv D- il z r7 Inipavudu Baelani Steran Jochberger Thomas Laimer Dave Otieno Jane Kabutu Idin Wilson Tim BaKer Martin W Dunser8 Abstract Introduction It is unknown whether resources necessary to implement the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines and sepsis bundles are available in Africa. This self-reported continent-wide survey compared the availability of these resources between African and high-income countries and between two African regions Sub-Sahara Africa vs. South Africa Mauritius and the Northern African countries . Methods The study was conducted as an anonymous questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey among anaesthesia providers attending a transcontinental congress. Based on the respondents country of practice returned questionnaires were grouped into African and high-income countries. The questionnaire contained 74 items and evaluated all material resources required to implement the most recent Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines. Group comparisons were performed with the Chi2 Fisher s Exact or Mann Whitney U test as appropriate. Results The overall response rate was 318 428 . Three-hundred-seven questionnaires were analysed African countries n 263 high-income countries n 44 . Respondents from African hospitals were less likely to have an emergency room vs. P or intensive care unit vs. 100 P than respondents from high-income countries. Drugs equipment and disposable materials required to implement the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines or sepsis bundles were less frequently available in African than high-income .
