Table 2 Control Patient data
From: Erythropoietin and its receptors in the brainstem of adults with fatal falciparum malaria
Patient | Age (y) | Sex | Neurological history | Additional Clinical History/Cause of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
C1 | 30 | M | N/A | Congenital myelodysplasic syndrome; abscess. |
C2 | 56 | F | Stupor due to depression/schizophrenia | Dehydration; bronchopneumonia. |
C3 | 35 | M | N/A | Extensive severe burns of the skin; smoke inhalation. |
C4 | 35 | M | Epilepsy; previous encephalitis. | Pulmonary oedema |
C5 | 27 | M | Unconscious; right-sided focal fit. | Pulmonary oedema; hypoglycaemia. |
C6 | 23 | F | N/A | Sickle cell trait; severe haemorrhage. |
C7 | 45 | M | N/A | Pulmonary oedema; splenomegaly. |
C8 | 39 | F | N/A | Chronic renal failure; gastric bleed. |
C9 | 43 | F | Ischaemic brain injury from hypovolaemic C-R arrest. | Renal transplant; CMV hepatitis; C-R arrest. |
C10 | 78 | F | Confusion; hyperosmolar non-ketotic diabetic coma. | Rheumatoid arthritis; anaemia; heart failure; non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitis; bronchopneumonia. |
C11 | 73 | M | Infarction with cerebral atrophy; impaired cerebral function; coma. | Mitral valve replacement; cardiac failure; renal failure. |
C12 | 86 | M | Infarction; brain atrophic; perivascular oedema. | Bilateral bronchopneumonia and pleural fibrosis; myocardial infarction. |