Predicting the Clinical Outcome of Severe Falciparum Malaria in African Children: Findings From a Large Randomized Trial

Four predictors were independently associated with an increased risk of death: acidosis, cerebral manifestations of malaria, elevated blood urea nitrogen, or signs of chronic illness. The standard base deficit was found to be the single most relevant predictor of death.

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Main Authors: von Seidlein, Lorenz, Olaosebikan, Rasaq, Hendriksen, Ilse C. E., Lee, Sue J., Adedoyin, Olanrewaju Timothy, Agbenyega, Tsiri, Nguah, Samuel Blay, Bojang, Kalifa, Deen, Jacqueline L., Evans, Jennifer, Fanello, Caterina I., Gomes, Ermelinda, Pedro, Alínia José, Kahabuka, Catherine, Karema, Corine, Kivaya, Esther, Maitland, Kathryn, Mokuolu, Olugbenga A., Mtove, George, Mwanga-Amumpaire, Juliet, Nadjm, Behzad, Nansumba, Margaret, Ngum, Wirichada Pan, Onyamboko, Marie A., Reyburn, Hugh, Sakulthaew, Tharisara, Silamut, Kamolrat, Tshefu, Antoinette K., Umulisa, Noella, Gesase, Samwel, Day, Nicholas P. J., White, Nicholas J., Dondorp, Arjen M.
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Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3309889/
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spelling pubmed-33098892012-04-15 Predicting the Clinical Outcome of Severe Falciparum Malaria in African Children: Findings From a Large Randomized Trial von Seidlein, Lorenz Olaosebikan, Rasaq Hendriksen, Ilse C. E. Lee, Sue J. Adedoyin, Olanrewaju Timothy Agbenyega, Tsiri Nguah, Samuel Blay Bojang, Kalifa Deen, Jacqueline L. Evans, Jennifer Fanello, Caterina I. Gomes, Ermelinda Pedro, Alínia José Kahabuka, Catherine Karema, Corine Kivaya, Esther Maitland, Kathryn Mokuolu, Olugbenga A. Mtove, George Mwanga-Amumpaire, Juliet Nadjm, Behzad Nansumba, Margaret Ngum, Wirichada Pan Onyamboko, Marie A. Reyburn, Hugh Sakulthaew, Tharisara Silamut, Kamolrat Tshefu, Antoinette K. Umulisa, Noella Gesase, Samwel Day, Nicholas P. J. White, Nicholas J. Dondorp, Arjen M. Articles and Commentaries Four predictors were independently associated with an increased risk of death: acidosis, cerebral manifestations of malaria, elevated blood urea nitrogen, or signs of chronic illness. The standard base deficit was found to be the single most relevant predictor of death. Oxford University Press 2012-04-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3309889/ /pubmed/22412067 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cis034 Text en © The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email:journals.permissions@oup.com. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author von Seidlein, Lorenz
Olaosebikan, Rasaq
Hendriksen, Ilse C. E.
Lee, Sue J.
Adedoyin, Olanrewaju Timothy
Agbenyega, Tsiri
Nguah, Samuel Blay
Bojang, Kalifa
Deen, Jacqueline L.
Evans, Jennifer
Fanello, Caterina I.
Gomes, Ermelinda
Pedro, Alínia José
Kahabuka, Catherine
Karema, Corine
Kivaya, Esther
Maitland, Kathryn
Mokuolu, Olugbenga A.
Mtove, George
Mwanga-Amumpaire, Juliet
Nadjm, Behzad
Nansumba, Margaret
Ngum, Wirichada Pan
Onyamboko, Marie A.
Reyburn, Hugh
Sakulthaew, Tharisara
Silamut, Kamolrat
Tshefu, Antoinette K.
Umulisa, Noella
Gesase, Samwel
Day, Nicholas P. J.
White, Nicholas J.
Dondorp, Arjen M.
spellingShingle von Seidlein, Lorenz
Olaosebikan, Rasaq
Hendriksen, Ilse C. E.
Lee, Sue J.
Adedoyin, Olanrewaju Timothy
Agbenyega, Tsiri
Nguah, Samuel Blay
Bojang, Kalifa
Deen, Jacqueline L.
Evans, Jennifer
Fanello, Caterina I.
Gomes, Ermelinda
Pedro, Alínia José
Kahabuka, Catherine
Karema, Corine
Kivaya, Esther
Maitland, Kathryn
Mokuolu, Olugbenga A.
Mtove, George
Mwanga-Amumpaire, Juliet
Nadjm, Behzad
Nansumba, Margaret
Ngum, Wirichada Pan
Onyamboko, Marie A.
Reyburn, Hugh
Sakulthaew, Tharisara
Silamut, Kamolrat
Tshefu, Antoinette K.
Umulisa, Noella
Gesase, Samwel
Day, Nicholas P. J.
White, Nicholas J.
Dondorp, Arjen M.
Predicting the Clinical Outcome of Severe Falciparum Malaria in African Children: Findings From a Large Randomized Trial
author_facet von Seidlein, Lorenz
Olaosebikan, Rasaq
Hendriksen, Ilse C. E.
Lee, Sue J.
Adedoyin, Olanrewaju Timothy
Agbenyega, Tsiri
Nguah, Samuel Blay
Bojang, Kalifa
Deen, Jacqueline L.
Evans, Jennifer
Fanello, Caterina I.
Gomes, Ermelinda
Pedro, Alínia José
Kahabuka, Catherine
Karema, Corine
Kivaya, Esther
Maitland, Kathryn
Mokuolu, Olugbenga A.
Mtove, George
Mwanga-Amumpaire, Juliet
Nadjm, Behzad
Nansumba, Margaret
Ngum, Wirichada Pan
Onyamboko, Marie A.
Reyburn, Hugh
Sakulthaew, Tharisara
Silamut, Kamolrat
Tshefu, Antoinette K.
Umulisa, Noella
Gesase, Samwel
Day, Nicholas P. J.
White, Nicholas J.
Dondorp, Arjen M.
author_sort von Seidlein, Lorenz
title Predicting the Clinical Outcome of Severe Falciparum Malaria in African Children: Findings From a Large Randomized Trial
title_short Predicting the Clinical Outcome of Severe Falciparum Malaria in African Children: Findings From a Large Randomized Trial
title_full Predicting the Clinical Outcome of Severe Falciparum Malaria in African Children: Findings From a Large Randomized Trial
title_fullStr Predicting the Clinical Outcome of Severe Falciparum Malaria in African Children: Findings From a Large Randomized Trial
title_full_unstemmed Predicting the Clinical Outcome of Severe Falciparum Malaria in African Children: Findings From a Large Randomized Trial
title_sort predicting the clinical outcome of severe falciparum malaria in african children: findings from a large randomized trial
description Four predictors were independently associated with an increased risk of death: acidosis, cerebral manifestations of malaria, elevated blood urea nitrogen, or signs of chronic illness. The standard base deficit was found to be the single most relevant predictor of death.
publisher Oxford University Press
publishDate 2012
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3309889/
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