Diagnoses and critical care outcomes in a rural Tanzanian high dependency unit: A prospective cohort study

• Andrew Katende ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  ¶☯ Authors contributed equally to the manuscript

  Affiliations Department of Interventions and Clinical trials, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, Heart and Lung Clinic and High Dependency Unit, St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania

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• Julie Rossier ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  ¶☯ Authors contributed equally to the manuscript

  Affiliations Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Chipegwa Mlula,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Interventions and Clinical trials, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, Heart and Lung Clinic and High Dependency Unit, St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania

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• Christamonica Chitimbwa,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Interventions and Clinical trials, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, Heart and Lung Clinic and High Dependency Unit, St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania

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• Martin E. Mtula,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Interventions and Clinical trials, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, Heart and Lung Clinic and High Dependency Unit, St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania

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• Elibariki S. Mafole,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Interventions and Clinical trials, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, Heart and Lung Clinic and High Dependency Unit, St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania

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• Lulu Wilson,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Interventions and Clinical trials, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, Heart and Lung Clinic and High Dependency Unit, St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania

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• Samuel S. Mutasingwa,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Interventions and Clinical trials, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, Heart and Lung Clinic and High Dependency Unit, St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania

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• Evance Mahundi,

  Roles Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Interventions and Clinical trials, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, Heart and Lung Clinic and High Dependency Unit, St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania

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• Mohamed K. Kipalaunga,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Interventions and Clinical trials, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, Heart and Lung Clinic and High Dependency Unit, St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania

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• Victor Myovela,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Interventions and Clinical trials, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, Heart and Lung Clinic and High Dependency Unit, St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania

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• Caspar Mbawala,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Interventions and Clinical trials, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, Heart and Lung Clinic and High Dependency Unit, St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania

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• Fanuel Faustine,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Interventions and Clinical trials, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, Heart and Lung Clinic and High Dependency Unit, St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania

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• Geofrey Mbunda,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Interventions and Clinical trials, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, Heart and Lung Clinic and High Dependency Unit, St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania

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• Winfrid Gingo,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania

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• Faraja Kitila,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Emergency Department, St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania

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• Ipyana Mwasongwe,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Emergency Department, St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania

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• Claudia Bucher,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Emergency Department, St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, Department of Medicine, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland

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• Daniel H. Paris,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Medicine, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland

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• Thomas Zoller,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• James Okuma,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Medicine, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland

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• Maja Weisser,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Interventions and Clinical trials, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Medicine, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Martin Rohacek

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: martin.rohacek@swisstph.ch; mrohacek@ihi.or.tz

  Affiliations Department of Interventions and Clinical trials, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, Heart and Lung Clinic and High Dependency Unit, St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Emergency Department, St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, Department of Medicine, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0547-1923

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