Severe malaria

NJ White - Malaria journal, 2022 - Springer
… As noted earlier, there is no agreed threshold mortality threshold to define severe malaria.
Among the different syndromes included in the current definition, the lowest case specific …

The relationship between age and the manifestations of and mortality associated with severe malaria

AM Dondorp, SJ Lee, MA Faiz, S Mishra… - Clinical Infectious …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
… In conclusion, our study reports the clinical presentation of severe malaria in relation to age.
Presenting syndromes vary widely, and mortality increases sharply with age. However, the …

Predictors of mortality in severe malaria: a two-year experience in a non-endemic area

L Blumberg, RP Lee, J Lipman… - … and intensive care, 1996 - journals.sagepub.com
severe malaria to an ICU in a non-endemic area. Clinical and laboratory features of severe
malaria were analysed for predictors of mortality… WHO criteria for severe malaria and, despite …

Incidence and admission rates for severe malaria and their impact on mortality in Africa

F Camponovo, CA Bever, K Galactionova, T Smith… - Malaria journal, 2017 - Springer
… To contribute to filling these gaps this study proposes model-based methods to estimate
the number of severe malaria cases occurring in each malaria endemic country in sub-Saharan …

Clinical review: Severe malaria

A Trampuz, M Jereb, I Muzlovic, RM Prabhu - Critical care, 2003 - Springer
Malaria represents a medical emergency … Severe malaria is almost exclusively caused by
Plasmodium falciparum. The incidence of imported malaria is increasing and the case fatality

Mortality patterns and site heterogeneity of severe malaria in African children

E Kendjo, T Agbenyega, K Bojang, CRJC Newton… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
… In this study we show that prediction of mortality in African children with severe malaria
differs between sites. The most consistent predictive model included 3 admission variables, …

Global malaria mortality between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis

CJL Murray, LC Rosenfeld, SS Lim, KG Andrews… - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
… available data for malaria mortality for the period … malaria mortality burden is larger than
previously estimated, especially in adults. There has been a rapid decrease in malaria mortality

The treatment of severe malaria

AM Dondorp, NPJ Day - Transactions of the Royal Society of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
… Asia may play an important role in reducing malaria-associated morbidity and mortality.
Severe malaria is a multi-organ disease; cerebral malaria is one of its manifestations. Adequate …

Diagnosis, clinical presentation, and in-hospital mortality of severe malaria in HIV-coinfected children and adults in Mozambique

ICE Hendriksen, J Ferro, P Montoya… - Clinical Infectious …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
… by malaria [6–8]. Conversely, HIV infection increases the incidence of clinical malaria, severe
malaria, and malaria-related mortality… infection on severe malaria morbidity and mortality in …

High mortality of infant bacteraemia clinically indistinguishable from severe malaria

JA Evans, A Adusei, C Timmann, J May, D Mack… - Qjm, 2004 - academic.oup.com
… Methods: We studied 251 children presenting with symptoms and signs of severe malaria
to a tertiary referral centre in Ghana. Blood was taken for malaria blood films, bacterial culture …