The changing spectrum of severe falciparum malaria: A clinical study from Bikaner (northwest India)

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 104-108

  Kochar, D K ^a,b   Kochar, S K ^a   Agrawal, R P ^a   Sabir, M ^a   Nayak, K C ^a   Agrawal, T D ^a   Purohit, V P ^a   Gupta, R P ^a  

^a S P MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral malaria; Jaundice; Plasmodium falciparum; Severe malaria

Indexed keywords

QUININE SULFATE;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BLEEDING; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAIN MALARIA; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INDIA; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PARASITE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INDIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SHOCK;

EID: 33749479226     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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