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Cerebral malaria in children.

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Khurshid Ahmed Abbasi Paediatrics Department, Children Hospital, Chandka Medical College, Larkana, Pakistan
Abdul Samee Siddiqui Paediatrics Department, Children Hospital, Chandka Medical College, Larkana, Pakistan
Partab Rai Paediatrics Department, Children Hospital, Chandka Medical College, Larkana, Pakistan
Suhail Abro Paediatrics Department, Children Hospital, Chandka Medical College, Larkana, Pakistan
Abstract
Case records of 350 children admitted with cerebral malaria in Children Hospital, Chandka Medical College, Larkana from January 1990 to December 1994 were reviewed. The aim was to study clinical features, response to a single dose of 10 mg/kg I/m quinine dihydrochloride daily for 5 days with or without other oral antimalarials, complications and mortality of cerebral malaria. All cases presented with fever and unconsciousness, 53% were males between 1-5 years and 85% were treated with I/m quinine dihydrochloride with or without other oral antimalarials. None of the cases had any complications at the time of discharge and mortality rate was 11%.
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Page(s) 129-132
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Published Journal: Pakistan Journal of Medical Research, Volume: 35, Issue: 3, Year: 1996

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