Critical Care Units in Malawi: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The global burden of critical illness falls disproportionately outside high-income countries. Despite younger patient populations with similar or lower disease severity, critical illness outcomes are poor outside high-income countries. A lack of data limits attempts to understand and address the drivers of critical care outcomes outside high-income countries.

Objectives

We aim to characterize the organization, available resources, and service capacity of public sector critical care units in Malawi and identify barriers to improving care.

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis of the Malawi Emergency and Critical Care Survey, a cross-sectional study performed from January to February 2020 at all four central hospitals and a simple random sample of nine ou

SUBMITTER: Sonenthal PD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10402812 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature