Treatment Outcome of Severe Malaria and Associated Factors among Adults Admitted in Arba Minch General Hospital, Southern Nation Nationality and People's Region, Ethiopia.
Journal
Journal of parasitology research
ISSN: 2090-0023
Titre abrégé: J Parasitol Res
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101526294
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
received:
06
11
2020
revised:
26
03
2021
accepted:
02
04
2021
entrez:
3
5
2021
pubmed:
4
5
2021
medline:
4
5
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Malaria is a protozoan disease transmitted by the bite of infected female A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in Arba Minch General Hospital on February 2019. Data were collected from a patient record who was admitted with severe malaria in the past four years from Sept. 2015 to Aug. 2018. This study included a total of 387 patients with severe malaria. The mortality rate associated with severe malaria in the year between 2015 and 2018 at Arba Minch General Hospital was 5.7%. Comorbidity, impaired consciousness, and acidosis were significantly associated with mortality, at significant level of Comorbidity, impaired consciousness, and acidosis were found to be poor prognostic indicators for patients with severe malaria.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33936805
doi: 10.1155/2021/6664070
pmc: PMC8055393
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
6664070Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Solomon K. Bekele et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The author declares that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this paper.
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