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[Severe malaria].

La Revue du praticien, 2001
Falciparum malaria remains a major killer in developing countries, particularly for African children. Moreover, France is the leading European country in term of incidence of imported malaria. Parasitized erythrocytes, which can form rosettes or auto-agglutinate, are sequestrated in the deep microvasculature and stick to activated endothelium by the ...
B, Gachot, F, Bruneel, C, Behr
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ICU management of severe malaria

The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2001
Malaria is very common in India. First step in management of malaria is to establish the diagnosis. It is established by using traditional smear or method like dipstick antigen captures assay which is simpler, accurate and doesn't require expertise. Next step is to look for signs and symptoms, which help cases of severe malaria should be admitted in ...
D, Gupta, K, Chugh, A, Sachdev, A, Soni
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Hypoglycaemia in severe falciparum malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1988
The incidence of hypoglycaemia and the role of quinine in its causation was assessed in 46 patients with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Plasma glucose and immunoreactive insulin were estimated before, during and after quinine therapy. In 5 patients the plasma glucose was in the hypoglycaemic range, the lowest value being 0.67 mmol/litre (12 mg ...
B S, Das, S K, Satpathy, D, Mohanty, S, Mohanty, S K, Mishra, P C, Satapathy, J K, Patnaik, T K, Bose   +7 more
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Exchange Transfusion for Severe Malaria

Infection, 2001
Exchange transfusion (ET) is a controversial ancillary treatment of severe falciparum malaria.We conducted a retrospective analysis of severe malaria treated in our institution. Nine cases of ET were identified between 1991 and 1998 and compared to 12 controls with similar parasitemia.Groups were similar at admission except for an increased age in the ...
S, Alfandari, G, Dixmier, B, Guery, O, Leroy, H, Georges, G, Beaucaire   +5 more
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Treatment Approved for Severe Malaria

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 2020
Artesunate for injection has been approved as initial treatment for severe malaria in both adults and children; artesunate should be followed by a full course of treatment with an oral antimalarial drug to prevent relapse.
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Hyperkalemia in Pediatric Severe Malaria

Seminars in Nephrology
Severe malaria remains an important global cause of mortality, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where the majority of deaths occur in children under 5 years of age. Hyperkalemia in severe malaria has not been very well reported but is associated with increased mortality.
Michael, Lintner-Rivera, Adnan, Bhutta, Ruth, Namazzi, Caitlin, Bond, Andrea L, Conroy, Anthony, Batte   +5 more
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Severe Malaria

New England Journal of Medicine, 2000
Yves Chalandon, Alain Kocher
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Artemether in Severe Malaria

New England Journal of Medicine, 1996
B, Gachot, F, Doyon, C, Hill
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Leucocytosis in severe malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2001
MODIANO, David, SIRIMA BS, KONATÉ A, SANOU I, SAWADOGO A.   +4 more
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Variant surface antigens of Plasmodium falciparum and their roles in severe malaria

Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2017
Mats Wahlgren, Suchi Goel, Reetesh Akhouri   +2 more
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