Open AccessA retrospective analysis of outcome in malaria patients admitted into a multidisciplinary intensive care unit of a tertiary care teaching hospital
Author(s) -
Bharath Cherukuri
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/aer.aer_12_21
Subject(s) - medicine , malaria , chills , intensive care unit , mechanical ventilation , dengue fever , scrub typhus , intensive care medicine , immunology , pathology
Malaria is a significant public health problem with people worldwide at risk for the disease. It is a mosquito-borne disease causing high-grade fever, chills, and flu-like illness. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the case with severe malaria should be admitted in the intensive care unit (ICU). Severe malaria is a medical emergency and often managed in ICU with regard to the definition of hyperparasitemia. The WHO amended the criteria for definition of severe malaria in 2006, 2010, and 2015.