TY - JOUR
T1 - A cross-sectional survey of critical care services in Sri Lanka: a lower middle-income country
AU - Haniffa, Rashan
AU - de Silva, A. Pubudu
AU - Iddagoda, Saman
AU - Batawalage, Hasini
AU - de Silva, S. Terrance G. R.
AU - Mahipala, Palitha G.
AU - Dondorp, Arjen
AU - de Keizer, Nicolette
AU - Jayasinghe, Saroj
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - To describe the extent and variation of critical care services in Sri Lanka as a first step towards the development of a nationwide critical care unit (CCU) registry. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in all state CCUs by telephone or by visits to determine administration, infrastructure, equipment, staffing, and overall patient outcomes. There were 99 CCUs with 2.5 CCU beds per 100000 population and 13 CCU beds per 1 000 hospital beds. The median number of beds per CCU was 5. The overall admissions were 194 per 100000 population per year. The overall bed turnover was 76.5 per unit per year, with CCU mortality being 17%. Most CCUs were headed by an anesthetist. There were a total of 790 doctors (1.6 per bed), 1,989 nurses (3.9 per bed), and 626 health care assistants (1.2 per bed). Majority (87.9%) had 1:1 nurse-to-patient ratio, although few (11.4%) nurses had received formal intensive care unit training. All CCUs had basic infrastructure (electricity, running water, piped oxygen) and basic equipment (such as electronic monitoring and infusion pumps). Sri Lanka, a lower middle-income country has an extensive network of critical care facilities but with inequalities in its distribution and facilities
AB - To describe the extent and variation of critical care services in Sri Lanka as a first step towards the development of a nationwide critical care unit (CCU) registry. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in all state CCUs by telephone or by visits to determine administration, infrastructure, equipment, staffing, and overall patient outcomes. There were 99 CCUs with 2.5 CCU beds per 100000 population and 13 CCU beds per 1 000 hospital beds. The median number of beds per CCU was 5. The overall admissions were 194 per 100000 population per year. The overall bed turnover was 76.5 per unit per year, with CCU mortality being 17%. Most CCUs were headed by an anesthetist. There were a total of 790 doctors (1.6 per bed), 1,989 nurses (3.9 per bed), and 626 health care assistants (1.2 per bed). Majority (87.9%) had 1:1 nurse-to-patient ratio, although few (11.4%) nurses had received formal intensive care unit training. All CCUs had basic infrastructure (electricity, running water, piped oxygen) and basic equipment (such as electronic monitoring and infusion pumps). Sri Lanka, a lower middle-income country has an extensive network of critical care facilities but with inequalities in its distribution and facilities
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.04.021
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.04.021
M3 - Article
C2 - 24929445
SN - 0883-9441
VL - 29
SP - 764
EP - 768
JO - Journal of Critical Care
JF - Journal of Critical Care
IS - 5
ER -