Author: Shrestha, Gentle S.; Lamsal, Ritesh; Tiwari, Pradip; Acharya, Subhash P.
Title: Anesthesiology and Critical Care Response to COVID-19 in Resource-limited Settings: Experiences from Nepal Cord-id: uv7a717g Document date: 2021_2_12
ID: uv7a717g
Snippet: It is difficult to predict the future course and length of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has devastated healthcare systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Anesthesiology and critical care services are hard hit as many hospitals have stopped performing elective surgeries, staff and scarce hospital resources have been diverted to manage COVID-19 patients, and several makeshift COVID-19 units had to be set up. Intensive care units are overwhelmed with critically ill patients. In
Document: It is difficult to predict the future course and length of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has devastated healthcare systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Anesthesiology and critical care services are hard hit as many hospitals have stopped performing elective surgeries, staff and scarce hospital resources have been diverted to manage COVID-19 patients, and several makeshift COVID-19 units had to be set up. Intensive care units are overwhelmed with critically ill patients. In these difficult times, LMICs need to improvise, perform indigenous research, adapt international guidelines to suit local needs, and target attainable clinical goals.
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