Table 4 Clinical findings in complicated malaria cases
From: Clinical and epidemiological aspects of complicated malaria in Colombia, 2007–2013
Symptoms/signs | P. vivax (n = 1126) | P. falciparum (n = 1274) | Mixed infection (n = 153) | p valuea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Hyperemesis | 127 | 11.3 | 193 | 15.1 | 17 | 11.1 | 0.010 |
Hepatomegaly | 160 | 14.2 | 232 | 18.2 | 44 | 28.8 | 0.001 |
Splenomegaly | 128 | 11.4 | 150 | 11.8 | 28 | 18.3 | 0.045 |
Clinical jaundice | 40 | 3.6 | 71 | 5.6 | 11 | 7.2 | 0.024 |
Somnolence | 121 | 10.7 | 195 | 15.3 | 28 | 18.3 | 0.001 |
Confusion | 44 | 3.9 | 85 | 6.7 | 14 | 9.2 | 0.002 |
Convulsions | 39 | 3.5 | 65 | 5.1 | 15 | 9.8 | 0.010 |
Coma | 14 | 1.2 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.180 |
Thrombocytopaeniab | 494 | 43.9 | 545 | 42.8 | 82 | 53.6 | 0.010 |
Severe anaemia | 84 | 6.9 | 117 | 8.3 | 20 | 10.9 | 0.024 |
Haemorrhage | 54 | 4.8 | 42 | 3.3 | 5 | 3.3 | 0.390 |
DIC | 19 | 1.7 | 17 | 1.3 | 5 | 3.3 | 0.190 |
Haematuria | 43 | 3.8 | 69 | 5.4 | 15 | 9.8 | 0.004 |
Circulatory collapse or shock | 31 | 2.6 | 12 | 0.9 | 6 | 3.3 | 0.001 |
Respiratory distress | 56 | 5.0 | 62 | 4.9 | 10 | 6.5 | 0.870 |
Pulmonary oedema | 22 | 2.0 | 19 | 1.5 | 5 | 3.3 | 0.540 |