Treatment Outcome of Severe Malaria and Associated Factors among Adults Admitted in Arba Minch General Hospital, Southern Nation Nationality and People's Region, Ethiopia
| Autor: | Gisisla E Yesera, Hussen Mekonen, Negalign Getahun Dinegde, Asmare G Mihiret, Muluken B Ayele, Solomon K Bekele |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Article Subject 030231 tropical medicine Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine parasitic diseases medicine 030212 general & internal medicine biology business.industry Public health Mortality rate Anopheles Plasmodium falciparum biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Comorbidity Infectious Diseases Nationality Parasitology business Malaria Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Parasitology Research Journal of Parasitology Research, Vol 2021 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2090-0031 2090-0023 |
| Popis: | Introduction. Malaria is a protozoan disease transmitted by the bite of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Progression to severe and fatal disease is largely but not entirely confined to Plasmodium falciparum infections. Malaria is a major public health problem in Ethiopia despite relatively low malaria prevalence compared to most other malaria-endemic countries in Africa. In Ethiopia, a nationwide report during 2015 showed that the total number of deaths associated with malaria was 1561. Methods. 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. Results. 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 P < 0.05 . Conclusions. Comorbidity, impaired consciousness, and acidosis were found to be poor prognostic indicators for patients with severe malaria. |
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