A simple score to predict the outcome of severe malaria in adults

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 679-685

  Hanson, Josh ^a,c   Lee, Sue J ^a,c   Mohanty, Sanjib ^d   Faiz, M A ^e   Anstey, Nicholas M ^h   Charunwatthana, Prakaykaew ^a   Yunus, Emran Bin ^g   Mishra, Saroj K ^d   Tjitra, Emiliana ⁱ   Price, Ric N ^c,h   Rahman, Ridwanur ^f   Nosten, Francois ^a,b,c   Htut, Ye ^j   Hoque, Gofranul ^g   Chau, Tran Thi Hong ^k   Phu, Nguyen Hoan ^k   Hien, Tran Tinh ^k   White, Nicholas J ^a,c   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,c   Dondorp, Arjen M ^a,c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Ispat Hospital   (India)

^e SIR SALIMULLAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^f Shaheed Sharwardhy Medical College   (Bangladesh)

^g CHITTAGONG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^h MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Indonesia)

^j DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Myanmar)

^k OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN MALARIA; COMA ACIDOSIS MALARIA SCORE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; BANGLADESH; COMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIETNAM;

EID: 76749157116     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649928     Document Type: Article

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