Cerebral malaria. Factors affecting outcome of treatment in a suboptimal clinical setting |
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Authors: | Y Endeshaw D Assefa |
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Affiliation: | Gondar College of Medical Sciences, Ethiopia. |
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Abstract: | Over a period of 6 months, 109 patients were admitted to the medical wards of the Gondar College Hospital with malaria. Out of these, 26 patients (24.8%) had cerebral malaria as defined by the WHO Malaria Action Programme 1986. Fifteen of the 26 patients (57.7%) died. Longer duration of unconsciousness before coming to the hospital, hyperparasitaemia, oliguria, recurrent hypoglycaemia and convulsions were found to be significantly associated with mortality. |
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