Understanding the scale of critical illness in Africa and the need for universal access to emergency and critical care

Nazir I Lone¹, John A Masterson², Swagata Tripathy³

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¹ Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Edinburgh EH16 4UX, UK; Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Electronic address: nazir.lone@ed.ac.uk.
² Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Edinburgh EH16 4UX, UK; Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
³ Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Edinburgh EH16 4UX, UK; Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Sijua, Patrapada, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

PMID: 40023635
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02843-5

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Understanding the scale of critical illness in Africa and the need for universal access to emergency and critical care

Nazir I Lone et al. Lancet. 2025.

. 2025 Mar 1;405(10480):674-675.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02843-5.

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Nazir I Lone¹, John A Masterson², Swagata Tripathy³

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¹ Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Edinburgh EH16 4UX, UK; Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Electronic address: nazir.lone@ed.ac.uk.
² Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Edinburgh EH16 4UX, UK; Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
³ Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Edinburgh EH16 4UX, UK; Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Sijua, Patrapada, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

PMID: 40023635
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02843-5

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NIL is the Director of Research for UK Intensive Care Society and the Chair of the Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group, Public Health Scotland. ST is Co National Lead of the Indian Registry of Intensive Care and Past Vice President of Society of Neurocritical Care (India). JAM declares no competing interests.

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The African Critical Illness Outcomes Study (ACIOS): a point prevalence study of critical illness in 22 nations in Africa.
African Critical Illness Outcomes Study (ACIOS) Investigators. African Critical Illness Outcomes Study (ACIOS) Investigators. Lancet. 2025 Mar 1;405(10480):715-724. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02846-0. Lancet. 2025. PMID: 40023650 Free PMC article.

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