Are malaria films requested appropriately? A study of all film requests in one health district |
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| Authors: | D L Cohen E A De Sousa |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Robert Debré Mother – Child University Hospital, Pediatric Emergency Department, 48 boulevard Sérurier 75019 Paris, France;2. Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Robert Debré Mother – Child University Hospital, General Pediatrics Department, 48 boulevard Sérurier 75019 Paris, France;3. Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Robert Debré Mother – Child University Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, 48 boulevard Sérurier 75019 Paris, France;4. Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Bicêtre University Hospital, Infectious and tropical diseases Department, 78 rue du General Leclerc 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France;5. Paris-Saclay University, INRAE, CNRS, AgroParisTech, GQE Le Moulon, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France;6. Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Bicêtre University Hospital, Pediatric Emergency Department, 78 rue du General Leclerc 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France;7. Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Jean Verdier Hospital, Pediatric Emergency Department, Avenue du 14 juillet, 93143 Bondy, France;8. Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Pitié Salpêtrière University Hospital Parasitology Department, 47/83 boulevard de l''hôpital 75013 Paris, France;9. Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Armand Trousseau University Hospital, Pediatric Emergency Department, 26 Avenue du Dr Arnold Netter 75012 Paris, France |
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| Abstract: | In a 12-month period 238 patients had blood films examined for malaria parasites in a London district general hospital. All the available medical records of these patients were studied. The ethnic origin and country from which the patients had travelled were typical of an area with a large immigrant population. 27 of the films were positive. 39 were judged to have been requested inappropriately, usually because an adequate travel history had not been taken. Imported malaria is an important problem in this health district and contributes significantly to the laboratory workload. |
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