From: Cerebrospinal fluid Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein-2 in pediatric cerebral malaria
Characteristic | Retinopathy-positive CM (n = 94) |
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Age (months) | 44 (29–62) |
Male sex, n (%) | 53 (56.4) |
HIV infected, n (%)a | 6 (7) |
Glucose (mmol/L) | 6.2 (4.6–7.3) |
Haematocrit (%)b | 20.5 (16.6–25.1) |
White blood cell count (× 103 cells/µL)c | 8.5 (6.4–14.4) |
Platelet count (× 103 cells/µL)d | 54 (31–80) |
Lactate (mmol/L)e | 7.0 (3.2–11.6) |
Peripheral parasitaemia (× 103 parasites/µL)b | 83.7 (24.5–284.5) |
Brain volume score > 6, n (%)b | 13 (14) |
In-hospital death, n (%) | 10 (11) |