Cerebral malaria in children with cyanotic heart diseases: The need for a closer look

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-76

  Okeniyi, John ^a,b   Kuti, Bankole ^c  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

^c Wesley Guild Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Coma; Cyanosis; Hyperparasitaemia; Malaria; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; BICARBONATE; DIAZEPAM; GLUCOSE; OXYGEN; QUININE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVULSION; CYANOSIS; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; DELIRIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; CYANOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; NIGERIA; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349184522     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2007.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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