Table 3 Clinical characteristics of patients who died
Patient No. | Demographics | Travel data | Manifestations of severe malaria | ICU support | Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 31 year old female | Travelled to Zambia | Hyperparasitaemia | Exchange | Died Day 3 |
Black African | No Chemoprophylaxis | Seizures | transfusion | Parasite Count 2.1% | |
Raised in Endemic | ARDS | Ventilated | |||
Region | AKI | RRT | |||
Acidosis | Inotropes | ||||
2 | 25 year old male | Travelled to Uganda and | Hyperparasitaemia | Exchange | Died Day 19 |
White | Kenya | AKI | transfusion | Disseminated fungal infection | |
Not-Raised in | No Chemoprophylaxis | Acidosis | RRT | ||
Endemic Region | Treatment for malaria | ||||
started abroad: Chloroquine then Quinine | |||||
3 | 83 year old male | Travelled to Kenya | AKI | Exchange | Died Day 9 |
White | No Chemoprophylaxis | ARDS | transfusion | Multi-organ failure, shock with limb | |
Not-Raised in | GCS < 11 | Ventilated | |||
Endemic Region | Acidosis | RRT | |||
Shock | Inotropes | ||||
Coagulopathy | |||||
4 | 41 year old male | Travelled to Gambia | Hyperparasitaemia | Ventilated | Died Day 4 |
White | No Chemoprophylaxis | Acidodsis | Inotropes | VT followed by Cardiac Arrest | |
Not-Raised in | AKI | ||||
Endemic Region | GCS < 11 | ||||
5 | 47 year old male | Living in Liberia for 2 Years | Hyperparasitaemia | Ventilated | Died Day 11 |
White | No Chemoprophylaxis | AKI | RRT | Staphylococcal pneumonia | |
Not-Raised in | Acidosis | Inotropes | |||
Endemic Region |