The clinical spectrum of severe imported falciparum malaria in the intensive care unit: Report of 188 cases in adults

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 684-689

  Bruneel, Fabrice ^b   Hocqueloux, Laurent ^b   Alberti, Corinne ^b   Wolff, Michel ^a   Chevret, Sylvie ^b   Bédos, Jean Pierre ^b   Durand, Rémy ^b   Le Bras, Jacques ^b   Régnier, Bernard ^b   Vachon, François ^b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acidosis; Coma; Infection; Respiratory distress syndrome; Shock

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORTALITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOCK; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FRANCE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; HALOFANTRINE; MEFLOQUINE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMALARIALS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION, WHOLE BLOOD; FEMALE; FRANCE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEFLOQUINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENANTHRENES; QUININE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0037365881     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200206-631OC     Document Type: Article

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