The Need for Specialized Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Training Program in Limited Resource Settings.

Indah K Murni,Ndidiamaka L Musa

doi:10.3389/fped.2018.00059

Abstract

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the major global health problems with the highest birth prevalence in low- and middle-income countries. In these populous countries, basic health services for the children with CHD, including surgery, are lacking. Even though surgery is performed, outcome after cardiac surgery is influenced by the quality of the postoperative management with a reported high morbidity and mortality. Henceforth, there is an urgent need for comprehensive interventions to provide high quality cardiac intensive care programs to improve the quality of pediatric cardiac surgery services in order to address high morbidity and mortality after cardiac surgery. The development and training of the health workers in the field of pediatric cardiac intensive care program is required. It is imperative to conduct this training prior to actual implementation of the program in limited resources settings.

Highlights

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common cause of major congenital anomalies represen ting a major global health problem
The highest birth prevalence of CHD was reported from Asia
This may be skewed by data from high-income countries in the region exclusively reporting the highest CHD prevalence, while no data were available from low-income countries in the region [1]

Summary

Need for Specialized Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the major global health problems with the highest birth prevalence in low- and middle-income countries. In these populous countries, basic health services for the children with CHD, including surgery, are lacking. There is an urgent need for comprehensive interventions to provide high quality cardiac intensive care programs to improve the quality of pediatric cardiac surgery services in order to address high morbidity and mortality after cardiac surgery. The development and training of the health workers in the field of pediatric cardiac intensive care program is required. It is imperative to conduct this training prior to actual implementation of the program in limited resources settings

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