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Infections of the developing world

Srinivas Murthy1, Jay Keystone, Niranjan Kissoon

  • 1Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada. sgmurthy@gmail.com

Critical Care Clinics
|July 9, 2013
PubMed

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Critical care is expanding globally, increasing the need to manage infectious diseases. This review covers essential tropical diseases requiring critical care interventions for diverse patient populations worldwide.

Area of Science:

  • Global Health
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Critical Care Medicine

Background:

  • Critical care access is expanding in low-resource regions with high infectious disease burdens.
  • Globalization, including travel and migration, facilitates the rapid spread of infectious diseases worldwide.
  • Healthcare providers need to recognize and manage infectious diseases previously uncommon in their practice areas.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review selected tropical infectious diseases relevant to critical care.
  • To highlight the importance of critical care for managing these diseases in diverse settings.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of tropical diseases impacting critical care.
  • Synthesis of information on disease presentation, diagnosis, and management.

Main Results:

  • Identified key tropical diseases requiring critical care.
  • Emphasized the challenges in diagnosis and management in non-endemic settings.

Conclusions:

  • Critical care practitioners must be prepared for a wider range of infectious diseases.
  • Preparedness includes understanding and managing tropical diseases in diverse global locales.
Keywords:
Critical careDengueDeveloping worldGlobal healthInfectionsYellow fever

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