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Table 5 Clinical course and complications experienced during hospital admission in probable severe malaria patients (n=393)

From: Severe malaria in Battambang Referral Hospital, an area of multidrug resistance in Western-Cambodia: a retrospective analysis of cases from 2006–2009

 

Neg

Pf

Pv

Pf+Pv

Not recorded

Total

Died

OR (95% CI)

p-value*

   

n

  

n

(%)

n

(%)

  

Prostration

82

150

16

5

12

265

(68)

53

(20)

15.6 (3.7, 65.2)

0

Impaired consciousness

81

143

14

5

11

254

(65)

53

(21)

18.1 (4.3, 75.4)

0

Respiratory distress

55

105

12

5

9

186

(48)

39

(21)

3.9 (2.0, 7.5)

0

Severe anaemia

55

90

11

3

10

169

(55)

27

(16)

1.1 (0.6, 2.1)

0.75

Hyperparasitaemia

1

101

7

11

8

128

(33)

13

(10)

0.6 (0.3, 1.1)

0.12

Jaundice

21

38

4

1

4

68

(17)

14

(21)

1.7 (0.9, 3.5)

0.12

Abdominal bleeding

23

29

5

0

5

62

(16)

12

(19)

1.6 (0.8, 3.2)

0.23

Frequent vomiting

17

34

6

3

1

61

(16)

5

(8)

0.5 (0.2, 1.3)

0.23

Circulatory collapse

17

32

7

1

3

60

(15)

43

(72)

67.5 (30.2, 150.8)

0**

Renal failure

8

16

2

0

1

27

(7)

16

(59)

16.8 (7.1, 39.7)

0**

Multiple convulsion

7

11

2

2

2

24

(6)

7

(29)

2.8 (1.1, 7.1)

0.03

Macroscopic

6

6

0

0

0

12

(3)

3

(25)

2.5 (0.7, 9.7)

0.17

haemoglobinuria

Hypoglycemia

1

7

0

2

0

10

(7)

3

(30)

1.5 (3.6, 6.2)

0.7

Pulmonary oedema

2

2

1

0

0

5

(2)

4

(80)

42.3 (4.5, 398)

0

  1. *Fisher's Exact Test (2-sided).
  2. **Adjusted for age group, circulatory collapse and renal failure, aOR (95% CI) of circulatory collapse=67.5 (23.2, 196) and aOR of renal failure=19.7 (4.6, 83.9).