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Pediatric Malaria with Respiratory Distress: Prognostic Significance of Point-of-Care Lactate

Respiratory distress (RD) in pediatric malaria portends a grave prognosis. Lactic acidosis is a biomarker of severe disease. We investigated whether lactate, measured at admission using a handheld device among children hospitalized with malaria and RD, was predictive of subsequent mortality. We perf...

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Autores principales: Mitran, Catherine, Opoka, Robert O., Conroy, Andrea L., Namasopo, Sophie, Kain, Kevin C., Hawkes, Michael T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10145304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37110346
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11040923