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Table 1 Retinal photographic findings in cerebral malaria

From: Retinal imaging technologies in cerebral malaria: a systematic review

Study author

Year

Adult/Child

UM/SM/CM

No. patients

No. any MR (%)

No. haemorrhages (%)

No. whitening (%)

No. vessel discolouration (%)

No. papilloedema (%)

Macular

Peripheral

Sayeed

2011

Adult

Not stated

16

–

–

6 (38)

–

0 (0)

0 (0)

Maude

2009

Adult

CM

20

14 (70)

11 (55)

10 (50)

9 (45)

0 (0)

1 (5)

SM

27

17 (63)

14 (52)

13 (48)

13 (48)

0 (0)

2 (7)

Heroa

1997

Child

SM (inc. CM)

40 (26)

31 (78)

25 (63)

15 (38)

23 (58)

5 (13)

5 (13)

Davis

1991

Adult

CM

5

4 (80)

2 (40)

–

–

–

–

SM

13

5 (38)

0 (0)

–

–

–

–

  1. UM uncomplicated malaria, SM severe malaria, CM cerebral malaria, – not recorded
  2. a Change in nomenclature of signs since publication in 1997 requires a degree of inference