Critical Care Units in Malawi: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Paul D SonenthalNoel KasomekeraEmilia ConnollyEmily B WroeMartha KateteTadala MinyaliwaRegan H MarshGrace Banda-KathaMulinda NyirendaKirstin Woody ScottAlice BukhmanJoia S MukherjeeShada A RouhaniPublished in: Annals of global health (2023)
Although significant gaps exist, Malawian critical care units report the ability to perform several complex clinical processes. Our results highlight regional inequalities in access to care and support the use of process-oriented questions to assess critical care capacity. Future efforts should focus on basic critical care capacity outside of urban areas and quantify the impact of context-specific variables on critical care mortality.