Identifying essential medications for critical care: initial findings from US academic intensive care units.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) shoulder a disproportionately high amount of death and disability caused by both communicable and non-communicable diseases. As a result, there is a higher occurrence of serious illness in these countries. Intensive Care Units (ICUs) have emerged in the past twenty years in LMICs. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) Model List of Essential Medicines lacks many common medicines used in critical care, and the lack of necessary medications to treat critical illnesses has hindered the function of these ICUs. This study aimed to develop a list of commonly used essential medications in the ICU to serve as the foundation for a multi-phase project.

Methods

This was an observational cross-sectional survey of all the program

SUBMITTER: Wireko FW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12642888 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature