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Table 1 Characteristics of hypoglycaemic children (BGC < 60 mg/dl) on admission to Sikasso paediatric ward

From: Sublingual sugar for hypoglycaemia in children with severe malaria: A pilot clinical study

 

Sublingual Sugar (SLS)

n = 14

(95%CI)

Intravenous Glucose (IVG)

n = 9

(95%CI)

Sex (% F)

29

44

Mean age (months)

26.7 (19.8–33.7)

34.3 (5.8–62.8)

Mean weight (kg)

10.8 (9.4–12.7)

10.1 (6.9–13.1)

Duration of illness before presentation (days)

2.55 (1.4–4.1)

2.79 (1.8–3.1)

Coma£

2 (14%)

5 (56%)

Prostration (%)

12 (86%)

7 (78%)

Convulsions (%)

3 (21%)

1 (11%)

Respiratory distress (%)

7 (50%)

5 (56%)

Splenomegaly (%)

4 (29%)

4 (44%)

Malnutrition (%)*

1 (7%)

0

Mean temperature °C

38.9 (38.3–39.3)

38.3 (37.2–39.3)

Mean glycaemia (mg/dl)

46.5 (40.7–52.2)

45.0 (36.0–53.9)

Number of children with BGC < 40 mg/dl (< 2.2 mmol/l)

3 (21%)

2 (22%)

Number of children with BGC < 54 mg/dl (< 3.0 mml/L)

10 (71%)

6 (79%)

Thick film positive for P. falciparum (%)

11 (79%)

8 (89%)

  1. £ p = 0.06, The mean blood glucose was 50.0 and 47.6 mg/dl in the comatose children in groups SLS and IVG, respectively.
  2. * underweight: weight for age below 2 standard deviation