Healthcare workers' experiences in caring for critically ill COVID-19 patients at a tertiary hospital in Malawi.

Introduction: The coronavirus pandemic overwhelmed the healthcare landscape, placing a strain on healthcare workers worldwide. In addition to directly causing the deaths of people, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted critical health services in developing countries. The study aimed to explore the experiences of healthcare workers who cared for critically ill COVID-19 patients at a tertiary hospital in Malawi.

Doctors' experiences of referring and admitting patients to the intensive care unit: a qualitative study of doctors' practices at two tertiary hospitals in Malawi.

Objective: To explore doctors' experiences of referring and admitting patients to the intensive care unit (ICU) at two tertiary hospitals in Malawi.

Design: This was a qualitative study that used face-to-face interviews. The interviews were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim into English.

The prevalence of renal impairment among adults with early HIV disease in Blantyre, Malawi.

We determined the prevalence of renal impairment and possible HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN) in adults with World Health Organization (WHO) stages I or II HIV, presenting to the antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinic in a central hospital in Malawi. We enrolled 526 ART-naïve subjects, 67% women, median age 34 (17-73) years and mean CD4 count 305 (3-993) cells/μL. Blood pressure, weight, urine dipstick and microscopy, CD4 cell count and serum creatinine were measured.

Cryptosporidium parvum and Isospora belli infections among patients with and without diarrhoea.

Objective: To assess the importance of Cryptosporidium parvum and Isospora belli infections as a cause of diarrhoea among patients admitted to the Medical Wards in Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre, Malawi.

Design: Prospective case control study.

Subjects: One hundred and twenty one patients with diarrhoea and 122 patients without diarrhoea.