Cerebral malaria in Jabalpur, India.
A total of 1783 patients were admitted in Govt. Medical College Hospital, Jabalpur with fever in 1993. Out of these 152 (8.5%) patients had cerebral malaria, of which 39 (25.6%) patients died. Age and sex-wise break-up indicated that males suffered more (p < 0.01) from malaria and majority of patients belonged to 16-40 yrs age-group. Mortality was significantly higher in patients with hyperparasitaemia, hypoglycaemia and delayed diagnosis and treatment. Comatose condition was the main determinant of death.
Shukla
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Malaria Research Centre, (Field Station), Medical College Building, Jabalpur, India.
Singh
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Singh
M P
MP
Tejwani
B M
BM
Srivastava
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DK
Sharma
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VP
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D016779:Malaria, Cerebral / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male