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| Title |
National intensive care unit bed capacity and ICU patient characteristics in a low income country
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1756-0500-5-475 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Arthur Kwizera, Martin Dünser, Jane Nakibuuka |
| Abstract |
Primary health care delivery in the developing world faces many challenges. Priority setting favours HIV, TB and malaria interventions. Little is known about the challenges faced in this setting with regard to critical care medicine. The aim of this study was to analyse and categorise the diagnosis and outcomes of 1,774 patients admitted to a hospital intensive care unit (ICU) in a low-income country over a 7-year period. We also assessed the country's ICU bed capacity and described the challenges faced in dealing with critically ill patients in this setting. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 26 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 10 | 38% |
| Rwanda | 2 | 8% |
| Kenya | 1 | 4% |
| Australia | 1 | 4% |
| United States | 1 | 4% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 10 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 20 | 77% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 15% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 240 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 236 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 34 | 14% |
| Researcher | 29 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 27 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 22 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 20 | 8% |
| Other | 50 | 21% |
| Unknown | 58 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 126 | 53% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 19 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 3% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 5 | 2% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 16 | 7% |
| Unknown | 64 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 55. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 April 2020.
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#64
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#4,124
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#4
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