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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients

From: Central venous catheter use in severe malaria: time to reconsider the World Health Organization guidelines?

Variable

Median value

Range

Age

36 years

(17-66)

Sex

19/28 (68%) male

-

Heart rate

102 beats per minute

78-126

Mean arterial pressure

84 mm Hg

58-110

Glasgow Coma Score

13

4-15

Oxygen saturation

98 %

86-100

Haemoglobin

10.4 g/dL

5.1-14.3

White cell count

8.0 × 109/L

3-21.4

Platelets

26 × 109/L

8-244

Parasite count

15229 parasites/μl

38-2411897

Sodium

134 mmol/L

120-150

Potassium

3.9 mmol/L

2.7-5.1

Blood urea nitrogen

15 mmol/L

2-50*

Creatinine

172 μmol/L

70-862

Bicarbonate

16.9 mmol/L

6.6-22

Lactate

3.1 mmol/L

0.46-12.8

Base deficit

-9 mmol/L

-4 - -23

Central Venous Pressure

5.25 cm H2O

-7 to 13

Global End Diastolic Index

481 ml/m2

346-675

Extra Vascular Lung Water

8 ml/Kg

5-14

Cardiac Index

3.1 L/min/m2

2.27-5.24

Oxygen delivery (DO2)

420 ml/min/m2

253-603

Central venous O2 saturation (SCVO2)

64%

48-85

CAM score

3

1-4

Histidine Rich Protein 2 (HRP2)

6.1 μg/mL

1.2-34.6

  1. * The limit of detection using the IStat system.