Abnormal respiratory patterns in childhood cerebral malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 305-308

  Crawley, Jane ^a,b,c   English, Michael ^a,b   Waruiru, Catherine ^a   Mwangi, Isiah ^a   Marsh, Kevin ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CRC KEMRI Kilifi Unit   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cerebral malaria; Children; Kenya; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Respiratory patterns

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; INFUSION FLUID;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN MALARIA; BREATHING DISORDER; BREATHING PATTERN; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERPNEA; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOVENTILATION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MORTALITY; NYSTAGMUS; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SALIVATION; SEIZURE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031831981     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)91023-9     Document Type: Article

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