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Table 5 Proportion of children with signs and symptoms at peripheral and referral health care units after IRQA (paired data)

From: Acceptability and efficacy of intra-rectal quinine alkaloids as a pre-transfer treatment of non-per os malaria in peripheral health care facilities in Mopti, Mali

All children

Peripheral care unit (N = 130)

Referral care unit (N = 130)

 
 

%

%

p-value

Fever

79.2

70.0

ns

Convulsions

77.7

74.6

ns

Vomiting

71.5

56.9

0.05

Coma Blantyre score ≤ 3

54.6

20.8

< 0.01

Confirmed cases of malaria

(N = 95)

(N = 95)

 
 

%

%

p-value

Fever

87.4

73.7

< 0.01

Convulsions

76.8

74.7

ns

Vomiting

70.5

58.9

ns

Coma Blantyre score ≤ 3

58.9

23.2

< 0.01

  1. All signs and symptoms improved from peripheral health care unit to referral hospital, even if statistical significance was not achieved for convulsions.
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Malaria Journal

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