The story of critical care in Asia: a narrative review

• Main Authors: Jason Phua, Chae Man Lim, Mohammad Omar Faruq, Khalid Mahmood Khan Nafees, Bin Du, Charles D. Gomersall, Lowell Ling, Jigeeshu Vasishtha Divatia, Seyed Mohammad Reza Hashemian, Moritoki Egi, Aidos Konkayev, Mohd Basri Mat-Nor, Gentle Sunder Shrestha, Madiha Hashmi, Jose Emmanuel M. Palo, Yaseen M. Arabi, Hon Liang Tan, Rohan Dissanayake, Ming Cheng Chan, Chairat Permpikul, Boonsong Patjanasoontorn, Do Ngoc Son, Masaji Nishimura, Younsuck Koh
• Other Authors: Siriraj Hospital
• Format: Review
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/77508
• Institution: Mahidol University

Background: Asia has more critically ill people than any other part of our planet. The aim of this article is to review the development of critical care as a specialty, critical care societies and education and research, the epidemiology of critical illness as well as epidemics and pandemics, access...