title: Intensive care admissions for children with imported malaria in the United kingdom.
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.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, St George's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garbash
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Round
authors.forename: Christopher J M
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Whitty
authors.forename: Peter L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Chiodini
authors.forename: F Andrew I
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Riordan
authors.forename: Delane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shingadia
authors.forename: Shamez
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ladhani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003422:Critical Care; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D016779:Malaria, Cerebral / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014195:Travel; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology