Yi Sojung, Rickard Jennifer
George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
Program in Global Surgery and Social Change at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2017 May 22;2(1):e000095. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000095. eCollection 2017.
Traumatic injuries represent the highest portion of surgical conditions worldwide, and the groups most vulnerable to these injuries are disproportionately in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). It is in this context that we recognize and propose an urgent opportunity for developing and strengthening the field of acute care surgery (ACS) in LMICs. In this article, we will briefly review the history and advantages of ACS as a specialty and recognize the unique opportunity and benefit it may have in LMICs.
创伤性损伤是全球外科疾病中占比最高的部分，而最易受这些损伤影响的群体在低收入和中等收入国家（LMICs）中所占比例过高。正是在这种背景下，我们认识到并提出了一个在低收入和中等收入国家发展和加强急性护理外科（ACS）领域的紧迫机遇。在本文中，我们将简要回顾急性护理外科作为一个专业领域的历史和优势，并认识到它在低收入和中等收入国家可能具有的独特机遇和益处。
