Abstract |
This study describes 977 children with imported malaria in England and Wales between 2004 and 2008, focusing on 29 (3.0%) patients admitted to intensive care, of whom 10 had cerebral malaria, 4 required inotropes, and 1 had concurrent septicemia. The remaining 14 were admitted for monitoring only. None died, but 1 child developed cerebellar infarction.
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Authors | Mehdi Garbash, Jonathan Round, Christopher J M Whitty, Peter L Chiodini, F Andrew I Riordan, Delane Shingadia, Shamez Ladhani |
Journal | The Pediatric infectious disease journal
(Pediatr Infect Dis J)
Vol. 29
Issue 12
Pg. 1140-2
(Dec 2010)
ISSN: 1532-0987 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 21099654
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Critical Care
- Emigration and Immigration
- England
(epidemiology)
- Female
- Humans
- Incidence
- Malaria, Cerebral
(epidemiology, mortality, pathology, therapy)
- Male
- Sepsis
(epidemiology, mortality, pathology, therapy)
- Travel
- Wales
(epidemiology)
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