3 results match your criteria: "St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital[Affiliation]"
Diagnostic Yield of Urine Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra in Adults With Suspected Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis.
Open Forum Infect Dis
July 2024
Biomedical Research and Clinical Trials Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania.
We assessed the diagnostic yield of urine GeneXpert MTB/RIF Ultra and factors associated with a positive test among adult patients suspected to have extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Urine Ultra was positive in 14% of participants with definite or probable tuberculosis. Hospitalization, disseminated tuberculosis, and human immunodeficiency virus infection were associated with a positive result.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecovery of left ventricular systolic function in peripartum cardiomyopathy: an observational study from rural Tanzania.
BMC Cardiovasc Disord
May 2024
St. Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania.
Article Synopsis
- The study assessed the recovery of left ventricular systolic function in women with peripartum cardiomyopathy receiving specialized care in rural Tanzania between 2015 and 2021.
- It involved 110 women, with a median age of 28.5 years, and tracked their recovery via clinical examinations and echocardiograms.
- Results showed that 69% of participants fully recovered their heart function, with younger age and higher initial heart function positively influencing recovery outcomes.
Use of a Handheld Ultrasonographic Device to Identify Heart Failure and Pulmonary Disease in Rural Africa.
JAMA Netw Open
February 2024
St Francis Regional Referral Hospital, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania.
Importance: Agreement in lung ultrasonography findings between clinicians using a handheld ultrasonographic device and expert sonographers using a high-end ultrasonographic machine has not been studied in sub-Saharan Africa.
Objective: To determine the agreement in ultrasonographic findings and diagnoses between primary care clinicians trained in lung ultrasonography, board-certified expert sonographers, and senior physicians.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This cross-sectional single-center study was conducted from February 1, 2022, to April 30, 2023 at a referral center in rural Tanzania.