Open AccessThe Critical Care Society of Southern Africa Consensus Guideline on ICU Triage and Rationing (ConICTri)
Author(s) -
Gavin M. Joynt,
D Gopalan,
Andrew Argent,
Suryakanthie Chetty,
R D Wise,
Vincent S. Lai,
Eric Hodgson,
A Lee,
Ivan Joubert,
S Mokgokong,
S. Tshukutsoane,
Guy A. Richards,
C Menezes,
R L Mathivha,
B Espen,
B Levy,
K Asante,
Fathima Paruk
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
southern african journal of critical care/the southern african journal of critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.129
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2078-676X
pISSN - 1562-8264
DOI - 10.7196/sajcc.2019.v35i1b.380
Subject(s) - triage , guideline , medicine , rationing , scarcity , intensive care , intensive care unit , multidisciplinary approach , medical emergency , health care , nursing , intensive care medicine , political science , microeconomics , pathology , law , economics
In South Africa (SA), administrators and intensive care practitioners are faced with the challenge of resource scarcity as well as an increasing demand for intensive care unit (ICU) services. ICU services are expensive, and practitioners in low- to middle-income countries experience the consequences of limited resources daily. Critically limited resources necessitate that rationing and triage (prioritisation) decisions are routinely necessary in SA, particularly in the publicly funded health sector.