Predicting the clinical outcome of severe falciparum malaria in African children: Findings from a large randomized trial

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1080-1090

  Von Seidlein, Lorenz ^a   Olaosebikan, Rasaq ^b,c   Hendriksen, Ilse C E ^d   Lee, Sue J ^d   Adedoyin, Olanrewaju Timothy ^e   Agbenyega, Tsiri ^f   Nguah, Samuel Blay ^f   Bojang, Kalifa ^b,c   Deen, Jacqueline L ^a   Evans, Jennifer ^f   Fanello, Caterina I ^d   Gomes, Ermelinda ^g   Pedro, Alínia José ^g   Kahabuka, Catherine ^h   Karema, Corine ⁱ   Kivaya, Esther ^j   Maitland, Kathryn ^j   Mokuolu, Olugbenga A ^e   Mtove, George ^k   Mwanga Amumpaire, Juliet ^m   Nadjm, Behzad ^l   Nansumba, Margaret ^m   Ngum, Wirichada Pan ^d   Onyamboko, Marie A ⁿ   Reyburn, Hugh ^l   Sakulthaew, Tharisara ^d   Silamut, Kamolrat ^d   Tshefu, Antoinette K ⁿ   Umulisa, Noella ⁱ   Gesase, Samwel ^h   Day, Nicholas P J ^d   White, Nicholas J ^d   Dondorp, Arjen M ^d   more..

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital   (Gambia)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^f KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^g Hospital Central da Beira   (Mozambique)

^h NIMR Korogwe Research Laboratory   (Tanzania)

ⁱ Rwamagana Hospital and Nyanza Hospital   (Rwanda)

^j Kilifi District General Hospital   (Kenya)

^k Teule District Hospital   (Tanzania)

^l LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^m Mbarara Teaching Hospital   (Uganda)

ⁿ Kingasani Health Centre   (Congo)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; QUININE;

ACIDOSIS; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERPNEA; INFANT; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITEMIA; PH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOCK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TACHYPNEA; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

AFRICA; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUININE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859057439     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis034     Document Type: Article

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