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Table 1 Malaria patient data

From: Coma in fatal adult human malaria is not caused by cerebral oedema

Patient no

Study

Drug

Age (yrs)

Sex

Time to death (hours)

GCS

Seizures

CSF opening pressure

(mmHg)

Additional Clinical

Complications

CM1

1

A

28

M

70

9

Yes

Normal (12)

J, A, ARF, HP, HG, Ac

CM2

1

Q

51

F

3

5

No

Normal (7)

A, ARF, HG, Ac

CM3

1

A

43

M

36

5

No

High (29)

PO, S, HP, Ac

CM4

1

A

28

M

4

9

No

ND

ARF, HP, S, Ac

CM5

1

A

26

M

171

8

Yes

High (19)

J, A, ARF, S

CM6

1,2

Q

36

F

52

6

No

High (20)

J, A, ARF, HG, S, Ac

CM7

1,2

A

22

M

38.5

7

No

Normal (9.5)

J, HP, HG, S, Ac

CM8

2

A

69

M

336

8

No

ND

J, A, ARF, HG, S

CM9

2

Q

34

M

6.6

8

No

Normal (10)

J, A, ARF, HG, PO, S, Ac

CM10

2

Q

36

M

20.66

8

Yes

High (23)

J, ARF, HP, HG, S

CM11

2

Q

30

M

36

7

No

Normal (17)

J, A, ARF, S, PO, Ac

CM12

2

Q

29

M

9

6

No

High (24)

PO, S, Ac

CM13

2

Q

63

M

16

10

No

Normal (9)

A, HG, PO, S

CM14

2

Q

44

M

39

7

No

High (21)

J, ARF, HG

CM15

2

A

44

F

24

7

Yes

Normal (17)

A, S

NCM1

1

A

26

M

45

11

No

Normal (12)

A, HG

NCM2

1

Q

27

M

185

15

No

ND

J, A, ARF, HP, HG, S, PO, Ac

NCM3

1

Q

34

M

4

15

No

ND

J, A, ARF, HP, Ac

NCM4

1

A

38

M

394

15

No

ND

HP, J, A, ARF, S, Ac

NCM5

1

A

33

M

24

14

No

ND

J, ARF, A, S, Ac

NCM6

1

Q

28

M

44

11

No

ND

J, ARF, A, HP

NCM7

1

A

25

M

151

15

No

ND

J, ARF, A, HG, S

NCM8

1

Q

32

M

18

15

No

ND

J, ARF, S

NCM9

1,2

Q

22

M

6.33

14

No

ND

J, HP, S, PO, Ac

NCM10

1,2

Q

63

M

50

11

No

High (21.5)

J, A, ARF, PO, S

NCM11

1,2

Q

43

F

94.5

15

No

ND

J, A, ARF, HP, HG, S

NCM12

1,2

Q

25

M

124

15

No

ND

J, A, ARF, HG

NCM13

2

Q

22

M

6

11

No

Normal (14)

J, A, ARF, HP, S, Ac

NCM14

2

Q

22

F

27.3

12

No

ND

J, ARF, HG, HP, S

NCM15

2

Q

54

M

35

11

Yes

Normal

J, A, ARF, S, Ac

NCM16

2

A

56

F

4.66

13

No

ND

J, ARF, S, PO, Ac

NCM17

1,2

Q

24

M

113

14

No

ND

J, A, ARF, S

NCM18

2

A

50

F

264

15

No

High (19)

J, A, ARF, S

  1. Abbreviations: GCS, Admission Glasgow Coma Score; CSF Cerebrospinal Fluid; Q, quinine; A, artemether; CM, cerebral malaria; NCM, non-cerebral severe malaria; J, jaundice; A, anaemia; ARF, acute renal failure; HP, hyperparasitaemia; HG, hypoglycaemia; S, shock; PO, pulmonary oedema; Ac, Metabolic Acidosis. High CSF pressure > 18 mmHg, ND, not determined. Study 1, Histopathology; Study 2, Immunohistochemistry on brainstem sections