Heart failure care and outcomes in a Tanzanian emergency department: A prospective observational study.
Sainikitha PrattipatiFrancis M SakitaGodfrey L KwekaTumsifu G TarimoTimothy PetersonBlandina T MmbagaNathan M ThielmanAlexander J LimkakengGerald S BloomfieldJulian T HertzPublished in: PloS one (2021)
In a northern Tanzanian emergency department, heart failure is a common clinical diagnosis, but uptake of evidence-based outpatient therapies is poor and thirty-day mortality is high. Interventions are needed to improve care and outcomes for heart failure patients in the emergency department setting.