title: Intensive care for infants and children in Haiti in April 2010.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a unique experience providing critical care to infants and children in Haiti 3 months after a major earthquake.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational.
  
  
  METHODS
  Field medical facility in a developing country.
  
  
  METHODS
  Infants and children admitted to a combined neonatal and pediatric intensive care unit between April 17 and 24, 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  None.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nine infants and 20 children were admitted to an intensive care unit with eight cots and ten infant beds over a 1-wk period. Central nervous system and infectious diseases were the most common reasons for intensive care unit admission. Nine of 20 (45%) children died before hospital discharge. Survivors represented a cohort of children with acute, reversible disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pediatric critical care can be implemented in low-income countries but requires significant resource use and careful patient selection. Consideration should be paid to the costs of delivering critical care in developing countries, which can inadvertently appropriate resources that have a larger impact on pediatric public health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Amélie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: von Saint André-von Arnim
authors.forename: Thomas V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Brogan
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hertzig
authors.forename: Kihan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Gwen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wurm
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Ericka L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Fink
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003906:Developing Countries; D004190:Disasters; D055866:Earthquakes; D005260:Female; D006205:Haiti; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D019370:Observation