Cerebral malaria treated with partial exchange transfusion
Oman Medical Journal. 1993; 9 (3): 42-6
em Inglês
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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 (Mediterrâneo Oriental)
Assunto principal:
Quinina
/
Encefalopatias
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Transfusão Total
Tipo de estudo:
Relato de Casos
Limite:
Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Oman Med. J.
Ano de publicação:
1993
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