Table 3 Management of patients
From: Imported falciparum malaria among adults requiring intensive care: analysis of the literature
Study | Quinine | Artemisinins | Renal replacement therapy | Invasive ventilation | Inotropic support | Exchange transfusion | Length of ICU admission (Median days, IQR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Badiaga | 100% | 0% | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | 4 (2-14) |
Blumberg | 100% | 0% | 48% | 57% | 57% | 17% | 8 (5-13) |
Bruneel 2003 [5] | 100% | 0% | 15% | 43% | 13% | 0% | 8 (4-13) 2 (1-4) |
Bruneel 2010 [6] | 98% | Not reported | 20% | 29% | 27% | 0% | 4 (2-7) 5 (3-8) |
Gachot | 100% | 0% | Not reported | 23% | Not reported | Not reported | 11 (No IQR available) |
Gonzalez | 100% | 0% | 40% | 50% | Not reported | 30% | 5 (3-12) |
Khoo | 100% | 0% | 47% | 42% | 37% | 32% | 5 +/- 4(Mean) |
Marks | 99% | 17% | 35% | 37% | 35% | 27% | 10 (7-9) |
Nüesch | 15% (Pre-1987) 100% (1987-) | 0% | 9% | 26% | 22% | 22% | 6 (2-28) |
Salord | 89% | 0% | 5% | 42% | 11% | 16% | Not reported |
Santos | 100% | 0% | 14% | 37% | 49% | Not reported | 4 (2-12) 8 (3-27) |
Schwake | 100% | 0% | 7% | 5% | 8% | Not reported | 5 (3-6) |
Thierfelder | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |