Severe falciparum malaria in five soldiers from East Timor: A case series and literature review

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 426-434

  Blum, P G ^a   Stephens, D ^a  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Cerebral malaria; Exchange blood transfusion; Intensive care: Shock; Malaria: Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIN DERIVATIVE; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLOROQUINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; FUROSEMIDE; GENTAMICIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MEROPENEM; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NORADRENALIN; OMEPRAZOLE; PANCURONIUM; PHENOBARBITAL; PRIMAQUINE; PROPOFOL; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOPENTAL; TICARCILLIN; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MALARIA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INJURY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SEDATION; SHOCK; SOLDIER; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TIMOR-LESTE;

EID: 0034907276     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0102900417     Document Type: Article

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