Critical Care Medicine: An Emerging super specialty in Nepal.
Keywords:
Critical Care Medicine, Intensive Care, NepalAbstract
The development of hospitals and ICUs in Nepal has progressed tremendously over the last decade but without any governing and regulating bodies. Also, there is no definite data and publications to delineate the number of ICU beds and services within the country. The term "ICU" in Nepal refers to a separate area in the hospital identified to admit critically ill patients requiring life support including inotropes/vasopressors and/or mechanical ventilators. A super specialty training program in Critical Care Medicine, Doctorate of Medicine, has been started at IOM, Tribhuvan University in collaboration with Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recently. Although Critical Care Medicine has been established as a separate specialty in all developed countries, its now emerging as a super specialty in Nepal.
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