Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Use in Selected Tertiary Care Hospitals of Pakistan Using WHO Methodology: Results and Inferences.

The inappropriate use of antibiotics in hospitals can potentially lead to the development and spread of antibiotic resistance, increased mortality, and high economic burden. The objective of the study was to assess current patterns of antibiotic use in leading hospitals of Pakistan. Moreover, the information collected can support in policy-making and hospital interventions aiming to improve antibiotic prescription and use.

An assessment of facility readiness for comprehensive abortion care in 12 districts of Pakistan using the WHO Service Availability and Readiness Assessment tool.

Although Pakistan's Essential Package of Health Services was recently updated to include therapeutic and post-abortion care, little is known about current health facility readiness for these services. This study assessed the availability of comprehensive abortion care, and readiness of health facilities to deliver these services, within the public sector in 12 districts of Pakistan. A facility inventory was completed in 2020-2021 using the WHO Service Availability and Readiness Assessment, with a newly developed abortion module.

Evaluation of the feasibility and performance of early warning scores to identify patients at risk of adverse outcomes in a low-middle income country setting.

Objective: This study describes the availability of core parameters for Early Warning Scores (EWS), evaluates the ability of selected EWS to identify patients at risk of death or other adverse outcome and describes the burden of triggering that front-line staff would experience if implemented.

Design: Longitudinal observational cohort study.

Setting: District General Hospital Monaragala.

Practices and Perspectives in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Attempts and the Use of Do Not Attempt Resuscitation Orders: A Cross-sectional Survey in Sri Lanka.

Objective: The objective of this study is to describe the characteristics of in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) attempts, the perspectives of junior doctors involved in those attempts and the use of do not attempt resuscitation (DNAR) orders.

Methods: A cross-sectional telephone survey aimed at intern doctors working in all medical/surgical wards in government hospitals. Interns were interviewed based on the above objective.

Critical Care Junior Doctors' Profile in a Lower Middle-income Country: A National Cross-sectional Survey.

Background And Aims: Retention of junior doctors in specialties such as critical care is difficult, especially in resource-limited settings. This study describes the profile of junior doctors in adult state intensive care units in Sri Lanka, a lower middle-income country.

Materials And Methods: This was a national cross-sectional survey using an anonymous self-administered electronic questionnaire.

Capacity building for critical care training delivery: Development and evaluation of the Network for Improving Critical care Skills Training (NICST) programme in Sri Lanka.

Objectives: To deliver and evaluate a short critical care nurse training course whilst simultaneously building local training capacity.

Research Methodology: A multi-modal short course for critical care nursing skills was delivered in seven training blocks, from 06/2013-11/2014. Each training block included a Train the Trainer programme.

A cross-sectional survey of critical care services in Sri Lanka: a lower middle-income country.

Purpose: To describe the extent and variation of critical care services in Sri Lanka as a first step towards the development of a nationwide critical care unit (CCU) registry.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in all state CCUs by telephone or by visits to determine administration, infrastructure, equipment, staffing, and overall patient outcomes.

Results: There were 99 CCUs with 2.