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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with severe malaria admitted to the ICU in Berlin

From: Methaemoglobin and COHb in patients with malaria

Age (y)

P.f.(%)*

Severe malaria

Days (ICU)

ABGS (n)**

MetHb % range

Remarks

52

1.0%

CM

4

7

1-1.6

Septic shock

62

0.5%

CM, ARDS, ARF

3

4

1.4-1.7

Pneumonia, sepsis

53

16.0%

CM, ARF, HP

3

5

0.4-0.6

HIV

62

17.0%

CM, ARF, HP

3

7

1.1-1.6

Shock, diarrhoea, UTI

49

8.0%

CM, HP

7

23

0.2-1.5

 

39

12.0%

CM, HP

5

7

1.2-1.8

Black water fever, rhabdomyolysis,

39

31.0%

CM, HP, ARF

3

7

0.6-1.3

Pancreatitis

46

10.0%

CM, HP, ARF

4

14

0.7-1.8

HCV, diarrhoea, haemolytic anaemia

59

15.0%

CM, HP, ARF

4

14

0.5-1.3

 

29

20.0%

HP

6

14

0.3-1.9

Anaemia

32

7.0%

HP

7

12

0.9-1.2

 

60

9.5%

HP

7

17

1-1.9

Anaemia - Hb 6.6,

28

8.0%

HP

3

6

1-1.8

Black water fever

  1. Characteristics of patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Berlin with criteria of severe malaria: CM - cerebral malaria, ARF – acute renal failure, ARDS –acute respiratory distress syndrome, HP – hyperparasitaemia. Therapy with either standard intravenous quinine (Q) or artesunate (AS). * = Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia in %; ** = number of measurements of arterial blood gases during ICU stay.