Severe falciparum malaria in children: A comparative study of 1990 and 2000 WHO criteria for clinical presentation, prognosis and intensive care in Dakar, Senegal

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 278-281

  Imbert, P ^a   Gerardin P ^b   Rogier, C ^c   Ka, A S ^d   Jouvencel, P ^d   Brousse, V ^d   Guyon, P ^d  

^a Intensive Care Unit   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^d HÔPITAL PRINCIPAL DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Children; Intensive care; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; PRISM; Prognosis; Senegal; Severe disease; Treatment; WHO criteria

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; CLONAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; QUININE FORMATE; SEDATIVE AGENT; THIOPENTAL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATALITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LETHALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENEGAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SENEGAL;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036061721     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90099-4     Document Type: Article

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