Table 2 Clinical patterns of P. falciparum infection among 265 infected patients receiving treatment at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases between 2015 and 2018
Characteristics | Summary statisticsa |
|---|---|
Signs and symptoms | |
Fever on admission | 99.6 (264) |
Anaemia | 0.8 (2) |
Splenomegaly | 3 (8) |
Hepatomegaly | 10.2 (27) |
Severe malaria | 21.9 (58) |
Manifestations of severe malaria (n = 58) | |
Single manifestations | 77.6 (45) |
Shock | 8.6 (5) |
Acute kidney failure | 6.9 (4) |
Impaired consciousness* | 20.7 (12) |
Jaundice | 24.1 (14) |
Anaemia | 6.9 (4) |
Haemoglobinuria | 1.7 (1) |
Acidosis | 1.7 (1) |
Hyperparasitaemia | 6.9 (4) |
Prostration | 0 |
Convulsions | 0 |
Hypoglycaemia | 0 |
Bleeding | 0 |
Mixed manifestations (i.e., patients had more than one severe manifestation) | 22.4 (13) |
Receiving treatment at previous hospital | 31.7 (84) |
Diagnosis at previous hospital (n = 84) | |
Malaria | 78.6 (66) |
Others (i.e., dengue infection and septicaemia) | 21.4 (18) |
Number of days of illness > 7 days at the time of admission (days) | 25.3 (67) |
Number of days of illness at the time of admission (days) | 6.6 ± 5.1 |
AST > 40 U/L | 31.3 (83) |
Highest AST recorded (U/L) (n = 83) | 99.6 ± 98.8 |
ALT > 40 U/L | 30.2 (80) |
Highest ALT recorded (U/L) (n = 80) | 98.1 ± 60.2 |