Academic Journal

Challenges in the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Low- Middle Income Countries.

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Challenges in the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Low- Middle Income Countries.
المؤلفون: Muhammad Irfan, Imelda Mateo, Shamsiev Furkat Mukhitdinovich, Kenneth Alberca, Syed Munis Ul Hasan, Jahanzeb Kamal Khan, Javed Iqbal, Jumaa Bwika, Saleem Uz Zaman Adhami
المصدر: Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, Vol 73, Iss 8 (2023)
بيانات النشر: Pakistan Medical Association
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles
مصطلحات موضوعية: Medicine
الوصف: Despite progress in developing new and powerful medications, Community-acquired Pneumonia (CAP) is still closely linked to significant morbidity and mortality, especially in Low-middle income countries (LMICs). Hence, a group of experts gathered to discuss the main challenges associated with CAP management by the stakeholders (patients, their families/caretakers, Healthcare professionals, and Healthcare policymakers & organizations). During the commencement of the International Respiratory Forum Conference 2022 held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a survey was conducted, including 140 pulmonologists from 11 countries. A predesigned structured questionnaire was developed pertaining to challenges faced by each stakeholder for CAP management in LMICs. Physicians were randomly divided into four groups, and only one section of the questionnaire was distributed among the participants to determine their opinion regarding that respective stakeholder's challenges. Among the patient-related challenges, most physicians believed that self-medication was the most significant reason behind the high mortality rate from CAP as the patients continue to have various troubles in seeking timely diagnosis and treatment. It was found that healthcare expenditure is the most intriguing challenge experienced by families and caretakers of patients with CAP. Moreover, 52% agreed that the diagnosis made by healthcare providers are primarily based on clinical judgment, and Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) is not commonly used for clinical prediction and patient outcomes. The physicians mostly believed that healthcare policymakers must focus on establishing early diagnostic and treatment strategies to reduce hospitalization rates and costs. Keywords: Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Management, Challenges.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
تدمد: 0030-9982
Relation: https://www.ojs.jpma.org.pk/index.php/public_html/article/view/10841; https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9982; https://doaj.org/article/90c7b565ac654194b7db5d334ee5b900
الاتاحة: https://doaj.org/article/90c7b565ac654194b7db5d334ee5b900
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.B844E945
قاعدة البيانات: BASE