Adult malaria mortality during 2019 at Bo Government Hospital, Sierra Leone

It is uncertain whether malaria is an important cause of death among adults in endemic areas. We performed a chart review of adults admitted to Bo Government Hospital during 2019. Of 893 admissions, 149 (59% female, mean age 58.5 years) had a laboratory diagnosis of malaria and 22 (14.8%) died. Mort...

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Autores principales: Kpagoi, Satta Sylvia T.K., Aimone, Ashley, Ansumana, Rashid, Swaray, Ibrahim, Gelband, Hellen, Eikelboom, John W., Jha, Prabhat, Bogoch, Isaac I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000 Research Limited 2023
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10465729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37655048
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.14396.2
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Sumario:It is uncertain whether malaria is an important cause of death among adults in endemic areas. We performed a chart review of adults admitted to Bo Government Hospital during 2019. Of 893 admissions, 149 (59% female, mean age 58.5 years) had a laboratory diagnosis of malaria and 22 (14.8%) died. Mortality was significantly higher among patients with severe malaria compared with those who had non-severe malaria (6/20 [30%] versus 16/129 [12.4%], p=0.031).  Our results suggest that malaria is a common cause of death in hospitalized Sierra Leonian adults.

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