title: [Pulmonary complications of malaria: An update].
abstract: Malaria is the most important parasitic disease worldwide, being a public health challenge in more than 90 countries. The incidence of pulmonary manifestations has increased in recent years. Acute respiratory distress syndrome is the most severe form within the pulmonary complications of malaria, with high mortality despite proper management. This syndrome manifests with sudden dyspnoea, cough and refractory hypoxaemia. Patients should be admitted to intensive care units and treated with parenteral antimalarial drug treatment and ventilatory and haemodynamic support without delay. Therefore, dyspnoea in patients with malaria should alert clinicians, as the development of respiratory distress is a poor prognostic factor.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Cruces, Baracaldo, Vizcaya, España. Electronic address: itxascabezon@yahoo.es.
authors.forename: Itxasne
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cabezón Estévanez
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Górgolas Hernández-Mora
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications*; D011379:Prognosis; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Malaria; Mortalidad; Mortality; Paludismo; Plasmodium falciparum; Síndrome de distrés respiratorio agudo