Prevalence, outcomes, and predictors of mortality among adult intensive care unit patients with sepsis at a Tertiary Hospital in Tanzania: A prospective cohort study

Atala Jongo; Edwin Lugazia; Salehe Mrutu; Amina Abillah Omari; Hassani Msanga; Ansbert Sweetbert Ndebea; Felix Paul Amani

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0351137

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Prevalence, outcomes, and predictors of mortality among adult intensive care unit patients with sepsis at a Tertiary Hospital in Tanzania: A prospective cohort study

Atala Jongo ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: atala.jongo@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ilala, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8986-7328

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Edwin Lugazia,

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

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ilala, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Salehe Mrutu,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ilala, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Amina Abillah Omari,

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

Affiliations Department of Anaesthesiology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ilala, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Department of Anaesthesiology, Pwani Regional Referral Hospital-Tumbi, Kibaha-Pwani, Tanzania
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Hassani Msanga,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ilala, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Ansbert Sweetbert Ndebea,

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

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ilala, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Felix Paul Amani

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ilala, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Prevalence, outcomes, and predictors of mortality among adult intensive care unit patients with sepsis at a Tertiary Hospital in Tanzania: A prospective cohort study

Atala Jongo,
Edwin Lugazia,
Salehe Mrutu,
Amina Abillah Omari,
Hassani Msanga,
Ansbert Sweetbert Ndebea,
Felix Paul Amani

Published: June 15, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0351137

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