A case of imported severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the emergency department and the current role of exchange transfusion treatment

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Habeeb, Hania ^a   Ripper, Jill R ^a   Cohen, Alice ^a   Hinfey, Patrick B ^a  

^a NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

exchange transfusion; P. falciparum; severe malaria

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; QUINIDINE GLUCONATE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MUCOSAL DRYNESS; NEUTROPHIL; PARASITEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ANTIMALARIALS; DOXYCYCLINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION, WHOLE BLOOD; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; QUINIDINE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 84873114669     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.02.051     Document Type: Article

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