Table 4 Assessment of recovery after treatment with intramuscular artesunate or artemether.

Time to parasite clearance

Decrease to 50% of admission value

0.007

Median (Range)

8 (4-42)

8 (2-60)

Decrease to 90% of admission value

0.004

Median (Range)

16 (4-102)

24 (2-152)

Total clearance

0.97

Median (Range)

72 (7-330)

72 (2-204)

Resolution of fever

Time first temperature < 37.5°C

0.99

Median (Range)

30 (0-768)

20 (0-648)

Time of fever clearance

0.27

Median (Range)

108 (0-888)

108 (0-1088)

Time to recovery from coma

Time to Glasgow Coma score of 8^†

0.55

Median (Range)

48 (4-2136)

54 (2-2232)

Time to Glasgow Coma score of 11^‡

0.44

Median (Range)

42 (4-2136)

42 (2-2232)

Time to Glasgow Coma score of 15^¶

0.11

Median (Range)

60 (4-2136)

72 (2-2232)

Time to physical recovery

Time before patient able to drink

Median (Range)

30 (0-2136)

42 (0-2232)

0.2

Time before patient able to eat

Median (Range)

42 (0-2136)

46 (0-2232)

0.18

Time before patient able to sit

Median (Range)

78 (0-2136)

90 (0-2232)

0.32

Time before patient able to stand

Median (Range)

96 (0-2136)

114 (0-2232)

0.66

Time before patient able to walk

Median (Range)

102(0-2136)

120 (0-2232)

0.64

Time before patient able to leave hospital

Median (Range)

264(7-2136)

288 (2-2232)

0.68