641: Resources and Inequities Among Pediatric Critical Care Facilities in Pakistan

Editor’s Choice Articles for March

“…This new work from Cambodia (1, 2) is now the next piece of a contemporary narrative within PCCM focused on PICU practice in LMIC settings. For example, we have had articles about utility of Pediatric Index of Mortality scoring (7), resource inequities among facilities (8), pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome diagnosis and prevalence (9, 10), sepsis biomarkers (11, 12), and sepsis definitions that are appropriate for children worldwide (13). Also look at the deeper insight provided by our PCCM editorial commentaries on LMIC settings about monitoring outcomes (14), development of services when resources are scarce (15), and centralization of practices (16).…”