Jason Phua, Younsuck Koh, Bin Du, Yunqiang Tang et al.
OBJECTIVES: To assess the compliance of Asian intensive care units and hospitals to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign's resuscitation and management bundles. Secondary objectives were to evaluate the impact of compliance on mortality and the organisational characteristics of hospitals that were associat...
Jason Phua, Gavin M. Joynt, Masaji Nishimura, Yiyun Deng et al.
IMPORTANCE: Little data exist on end-of-life care practices in intensive care units (ICUs) in Asia. OBJECTIVE: To describe physicians' attitudes toward withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments in end-of-life care and to evaluate factors associated with observed attitudes. DESIGN, SET...
Andrew Li, Lowell Ling, Hanyu Qin, Yaseen M. Arabi et al.
Abstract Rationale Directly comparative data on sepsis epidemiology and sepsis bundle implementation in countries of differing national wealth remain sparse. Objectives To evaluate across countries/regions of differing income status in Asia 1) the prevalence, causes, and outcomes of sepsis as a reas...
Jason Phua, Gavin M. Joynt, Masaji Nishimura, Yiyun Deng et al.
Purpose To compare the attitudes of physicians towards withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments in intensive care units (ICUs) in low-middle-income Asian countries and regions with those in high-income ones, and to explore differences in the role of families and surrogates, legal risks...
Yaseen M. Arabi, Jason Phua, Younsuck Koh, Bin Du et al.
OBJECTIVES: Despite being the epicenter of recent pandemics, little is known about critical care in Asia. Our objective was to describe the structure, organization, and delivery in Asian ICUs. DESIGN: A web-based survey with the following domains: hospital organizational characteristics, ICU organiz...
Chi Hung Czarina Leung, Anna Lee, Yaseen M. Arabi, Jason Phua et al.
Abstract Rationale There are limited data on mechanical discontinuation practices in Asia. Objectives To document self-reported mechanical discontinuation practices and determine whether there is clinical equipoise regarding protocolized weaning among Asian Intensive Care specialists. Methods A surv...