Cerebral malaria treated with partial exchange transfusion
Oman Medical Journal. 1993; 9 (3): 42-6
in English
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ABSTRACT
We report a 25-year-old non-immune male with cerebral malaria, successfully treated with quinine infusion and a 8 units exchange transfusion. The plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia increaswd from 8% to 15% despite the quinine infusions and scanning electron microscopy showed at the same time persistent morphological changes in the parasitised erythrocytes. Exchange transfusion was associated with a rapid decrease in the parasitaemia to < 5% with improvement of the clinical condition and haematological parameters. This supports the recommendations of exchange transfusion in cerebral malaria
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Quinine
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Brain Diseases
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Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Oman Med. J.
Year:
1993
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