Table 5 Quality of inpatient malaria case-management in Kano state, by admission ward
From: Health systems readiness and quality of inpatient malaria case-management in Kano State, Nigeria
|  | Paediatric ward (N = 891) | Medical ward (N = 858) | All patients (N = 1,749) |
|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Composite test and treat performancea | 127 (14.3) | 104 (12.1) | 231 (13.2) |
Malaria test performed | 442 (49.6) | 376 (43.8) | 818 (46.8) |
Malaria test repeated | 40 (9.1) | 22 (5.9) | 62 (7.6) |
Treatment for test positive severe cases | N = 162 | N = 120 | N = 282 |
 Artesunate parenteral | 97 (59.9) | 71 (59.2) | 168 (59.6) |
 Artemether parenteral | 36 (22.2) | 29 (24.2) | 65 (23.1) |
 Arteether parenteral | 4 (2.5) | 6 (5.0) | 10 (3.6) |
 ACT | 13 (8.0) | 8 (6.7) | 21 (7.5) |
 Quinine parenteral | 3 (1.9) | 1 (0.8) | 4 (0.2) |
 Other anti-malarial treatmentsb | 9 (5.6) | 5 (4.2) | 14 (5.0) |
Treatment for test positive non-severe cases | N = 203 | N = 135 | N = 338 |
 ACT | 10 (4.9) | 5 (3.7) | 15 (4.4) |
 Artesunate parenteral | 71 (35.0) | 36 (26.7) | 107 (31.7) |
 Artemether parenteral | 92 (45.3) | 74 (54.8) | 166 (49.1) |
 Arteether parenteral | 9 (4.4) | 12 (8.9) | 21 (6.2) |
 Quinine parenteral | 5 (2.5) | 3 (2.2) | 8 (2.4) |
 Other anti-malarial treatmentsc | 16 (7.9) | 5 (3.7) | 21 (6.2) |
Treatment for test negative cases | N = 77 | N = 121 | N = 198 |
 No anti-malarial treatment | 20 (26.0) | 28 (23.1) | 48 (24.2) |
 Artesunate parenteral | 16 (20.8) | 19 (15.7) | 35 (17.7) |
 Artemether parenteral | 26 (33.8) | 60 (49.6) | 86 (43.4) |
 Arteether parenteral | 3 (3.9) | 6 (5.0) | 9 (4.6) |
 ACT | 8 (10.4) | 3 (2.5) | 11 (5.6) |
 Quinine parenteral | 0 | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.5) |
 Other anti-malarial treatmentsd | 4 (5.2) | 4 (3.3) | 8 (4.5) |
Treatment for not tested patients | N = 449 | N = 482 | N = 931 |
 No anti-malarial treatment | 52 (11.6) | 62 (12.9) | 114 (12.2) |
 Artesunate parenteral | 159 (35.4) | 81 (16.8) | 240 (25.8) |
 Artemether parenteral | 171 (38.1) | 246 (51.0) | 417 (44.8) |
 Arteether parenteral | 15 (3.3) | 19 (3.9) | 34 (3.7) |
 ACT | 31 (6.9) | 49 (10.2) | 80 (8.6) |
 Quinine parenteral | 3 (0.7) | 4 (0.8) | 7 (0.8) |
 Other anti-malarial treatmentse | 18 (4.0) | 21 (4.4) | 39 (4.2) |