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Critical care in low‐income countries [PDF]

Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2009
SummaryCritical care in low‐income countries remains rudimentary. When defined as all aspects of care for patients with sudden, serious, reversible disease, critical care is not disease or age specific and includes triage and emergency medicine, hospital systems, quality of care and Intensive Care Units.
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Disparities in Cardiovascular Research Output and Disease Outcomes among High-, Middle- and Low-Income Countries – An Analysis of Global Cardiovascular Publications over the Last Decade (2008–2017)

Global Heart, 2021
Background:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Health research is crucial to managing disease burden. Previous work has highlighted marked discrepancies in research output and disease burden between high ...
Nada Qaisar Qureshi, Syed Hamza Mufarrih, Gerald S. Bloomfield, Wajeeha Tariq, Aysha Almas, Ali H. Mokdad, John Bartlett, Imran Nisar, Sameen Siddiqi, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Daniel Mark, Pamela S. Douglas, Zainab Samad   +12 more
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Hospital admissions among immigrants from low-income and foreign citizens from high-income countries in Spain in 2000–2012

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2019
Over the last decade, the number of foreign nationals in Spain has increased. Our aim was to report the trends in hospital admissions, differentiating between foreign nationals from high-income countries (HICs) and from low- and middle-income countries ...
José M. Ramos, Héctor Pinargote, Eva M. Navarrete-Muñoz, Alejando Salinas, Jaume Sastre   +4 more
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Global Problem of Physician Dual Practices: A Literature Review

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2022
Background: Physician dual practices (PDP) is a term used to describe physicians who combine work in public and private health-care sector. This study aimed to find evidence of PDP worldwide, investigate its reasons and consequences, and compare high ...
Romy Hoogland, Lisa Hoogland, Krisna Handayani, Mei Sitaresmi, Gertjan Kaspers, Saskia Mostert   +5 more
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Treatment of Prolactinomas in Low-Income Countries [PDF]

International Journal of Endocrinology, 2015
Purpose. In low-income countries, prolactinomas are difficult to manage with dopamine agonists (DA). We compared the effectiveness of DA in microprolactinomas as a first line treatment and as adjuvant therapy for residual macroprolactinomas treated surgically.Methods.
Kruljac, Ivan, Kirigin, Lora Stanka, Strinović, Mateja, Marinković, Jelena, Pećina, Hrvoje Ivan, Čerina, Vatroslav, Stipić, Darko, Vrkljan, Milan   +7 more
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Uncovering the Hidden Burden of Pharmaceutical Poisoning in High-Income and Low-Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review

Pharmacy, 2023
Pharmaceutical poisoning is a significant global public health concern, causing approximately 190,000 deaths annually. This scoping review aims to comprehensively map the available literature on pharmaceutical poisoning and compare patterns between high ...
Claire Cowans, Anya Love, Balamurugan Tangiisuran, Sabrina Anne Jacob   +3 more
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Access to training in neurosurgery (Part 1): Global perspectives and contributing factors of barriers to access

Brain and Spine, 2022
Introduction: Neurological disorders are one of the leading causes of death and disability adjusted life years (DALYs). Efforts have been made to increase the neurosurgical workforce in an attempt to address the global disease burden.
Kwadwo Sarpong, Tarig Fadalla, Deen L. Garba, Mazin Suliman, Myron Rolle, Adam Ammar, Haytham Hussen, Kee B. Park   +7 more
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among parents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A meta-analysis

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundVaccination is the most effective method to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Nevertheless, vaccine hesitancy has been an issue. Parental hesitancy toward vaccines is a major part of the problem.
Wafa Abu El Kheir-Mataria, Basma M. Saleh, Hassan El-Fawal, Sungsoo Chun   +3 more
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Energy security as a crucial component of health infrastructure: global evidence and actions

The Lancet Planetary Health
Summary: Energy security, defined as the availability of reliable, clean, and sustainable energy necessary to ensure the continuous operation of health-care facilities, is essential for delivering safe and effective health care.
Sivesh Kamarajah, Adesoji Ademuyiwa, Adewale Adisa, Michael Bahrami-Hessari, Richard Crawford, Dhruva Ghosh, Fareeda Galley, Abdul Ghaffar, James Glasbey, Parvez Haque, JC Allen Ingabire, Lawani Ismail, Telesphore Kabera, Theophilus Anyomih, Virginia Ledda, Rob Lillywhite, Janet Martin, John Meara, Antonio Ramos de la Medina, Dmitri Nepogodiev, Faustin Ntirenganya, Maria Picciochi, Pritpal Singh, Stephen Tabiri, Omolara Williams, Aneel Bhangu   +25 more
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Protocol of an open, three-arm, individually randomized trial assessing the effect of delivering sexual and reproductive health information to young people (aged 13–24) in Kenya and Peru via mobile phones: adolescent/youth reproductive mobile access and delivery initiative for love and life outcomes (ARMADILLO) study stage 2

Reproductive Health, 2018
Resumen Antecedentes Las personas jóvenes se enfrentan a desafíos únicos en cuanto a acceso a información y apoyo en temas de salud sexual y reproductiva (SSR). Debido a su elevada penetración y acceso, los teléfonos celulares brindan un nuevo canal para
Lianne Gonsalves, Michelle J. Hindin, Angela Bayer, Cesar P. Carcamo, Peter Gichangi, Ndema Habib, Jefferson Mwaisaka, Lale Say   +7 more
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