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Intensive care admissions for children with imported malaria in the United kingdom.
- Source :
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The Pediatric infectious disease journal [Pediatr Infect Dis J] 2010 Dec; Vol. 29 (12), pp. 1140-2. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- This study describes 977 children with imported malaria in England and Wales between 2004 and 2008, focusing on 29 (3.0%) patients admitted to intensive care, of whom 10 had cerebral malaria, 4 required inotropes, and 1 had concurrent septicemia. The remaining 14 were admitted for monitoring only. None died, but 1 child developed cerebellar infarction.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Emigration and Immigration
England epidemiology
Female
Humans
Incidence
Malaria, Cerebral mortality
Malaria, Cerebral pathology
Male
Sepsis mortality
Sepsis pathology
Travel
Wales epidemiology
Critical Care
Malaria, Cerebral epidemiology
Malaria, Cerebral therapy
Sepsis epidemiology
Sepsis therapy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1532-0987
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Pediatric infectious disease journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21099654
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e3181fca9f9