title: The epidemiology of patients with severe malaria who died at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 1991-2004.
abstract: This study is a retrospective case series of the causes of death among patients with severe malaria. Data from the medical records of patients who were admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand between 1991 and 2004 were analyzed. The overall hospital mortality rate was 0.2% and the ICU mortality rate was 1.8% for patients with malaria. Thirty-five patients died of malaria in the ICU during the study period, while a total of 1,866 patients were treated for malaria in the ICU during the study period. The most common complication of malaria was cerebral malaria (77.1%). The socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of those who died are examined here, as well as the cost of their treatment.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Suparp
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vannaphan
authors.forename: Tosaporn
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saengnetswang
authors.forename: Plengsakoon
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Suwanakut
authors.forename: Auraiwon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kllangbuakong
authors.forename: Warin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Klinnak
authors.forename: Piyathida
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rungmatcha
authors.forename: Chaweewan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yeamput
authors.forename: Wipa
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tanachartwet
authors.forename: Srivicha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krudsood
authors.forename: Sornchai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Looareesuwan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology