Influence of acute renal failure in patients with cerebral malaria - a hospital-based study from India.
We analysed 110 adult patients with cerebral malaria, 38 of whom had serum creatinine above 3 mg%, to study the effect of acute renal failure (ARF) on survival. Patients with cerebral malaria had an increased risk of death (39.5% versus 13.9%) when also suffering from ARF. For each one log unit increase of creatinine at admission, odds of death increased by a factor of 10.8 (95% confidence interval 3.0-39.4).
Mishra
Saroj K
SK
Department of Internal Medicine, Ispat General Hospital, Rourkela 769005, Orissa, India. sarojkanti.mishra@gmail.com
Dietz
Klaus
K
Mohanty
Sanjib
S
Pati
Sudhansu S
SS
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D016779:Malaria, Cerebral / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum; D012307:Risk Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis
D003404:Creatinine