Key result
Pediatric anesthesiology in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico faces safety and access inequities driven by resource shortages.
Why the study?
Economic disparities exist across Latin America with inequitable access to pediatric surgical care, motivating a descriptive initiative to share how pediatric anesthesia operates in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico.
Highlights the critical need for expanded pediatric anesthesiology fellowship programs and resources to improve surgical safety and accessibility for children in Latin America.
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Supports expansion of pediatric anesthesiology training in Latin America; leaves open identification of scalable solutions to reduce inequities.
Quintão et al. (2024) conducted a review in Pediatric anesthesiology. Pediatric anesthesiology in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico faces inequities in safety and accessibility, driven by varying training requirements, resource limitations, and shortages of specialists.
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