Victor Mwafongo
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Recent Articles
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Bashaka P, Sawe H, Mwafongo V, Mfinanga J, Runyon M, Murray B
BMC Pediatr
. 2019 Sep;
19(1):327.
PMID: 31510970
Background: Childhood undernutrition causes significant morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In Tanzania, the in-hospital prevalence of undernutrition in children under five years of age is approximated...
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Mabula P, Sawe H, Mwafongo V, Mfinanga J, Runyon M, Murray B
Int J Emerg Med
. 2019 Jun;
12(1):3.
PMID: 31179918
Background: Emergency medicine (EM) is a new specialty in Tanzania. Little is known about how to introduce EM to health care providers (HCPs) in hospitals without EM. We determined the...
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Nariadhara M, Sawe H, Runyon M, Mwafongo V, Murray B
Trop Med Health
. 2019 Feb;
47:13.
PMID: 30766443
Background: Modified systemic inflammatory response syndrome (mSIRS) criteria for the pediatric population together with the provider gestalt have the potential to predict clinical outcomes. However, this has not been studied...
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Reynolds T, Noble J, Paschal G, Sawe H, Sohoni A, Shah S, et al.
Afr J Emerg Med
. 2018 Nov;
6(3):125-131.
PMID: 30456078
Introduction: In resource-rich settings, bedside ultrasound has rapidly evolved to be a crucial part of emergency centre practice and a growing part of critical care practice. This portable and affordable...
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Shao P, Sawe H, Murray B, Mfinanga J, Mwafongo V, Runyon M
BMC Cardiovasc Disord
. 2018 Aug;
18(1):158.
PMID: 30068315
Background: Hypertensive crises are clinical syndromes grouped as hypertensive urgency and emergency, which occur as complications of untreated or inadequately treated hypertension. Emergency departments across the world are the first...
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Sakita F, Sawe H, Mwafongo V, Mfinanga J, Runyon M, Murray B
Emerg Med Int
. 2018 Jun;
2018:3982648.
PMID: 29862079
Background: Abdominal pain in children can represent benign conditions or life-threatening emergencies. Aetiologies of paediatric abdominal pain vary geographically and have not been studied in acute care settings in East...
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Mbarouk G, Sawe H, Mfinanga J, Stein J, Levin S, Mwafongo V, et al.
BMC Res Notes
. 2017 Sep;
10(1):482.
PMID: 28915823
Background: Poisoning is a major public health concern in sub-Saharan Africa, affecting patients of all age groups. Poisoned patients often present to the emergency department (ED) and prompt evaluation and...
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Sawe H, Mfinanga J, Ringo F, Mwafongo V, Reynolds T, Runyon M
BMJ Open
. 2016 Feb;
6(2):e010298.
PMID: 26880672
Objectives: To describe the HIV counselling and testing practices for children presenting to an emergency department (ED) in a low-income country. Setting: The ED of a large east African national...
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Sawe H, Mfinanga J, Mwafongo V, Reynolds T, Runyon M
Emerg Med J
. 2015 Nov;
33(5):338-44.
PMID: 26612857
Objectives: To evaluate the test characteristics of clinical gestalt for detecting the presence and severity of anaemia in emergency department patients at a tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania. Methods: This...
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Sawe H, Mfinanga J, Mwafongo V, Reynolds T, Runyon M
Int J Emerg Med
. 2015 Jul;
8:24.
PMID: 26207149
Background: Emergency medicine is an emerging specialty in Sub-Saharan Africa, and most hospitals do not have a fully functional emergency department (ED). We describe the mortality rates of the Muhimbili...