Acute Renal Failure in Patients with Severe Falciparum Malaria

Since 1988 in this referral center for severe cases of malaria for South Vietnam, a specialist team has managed malaria-associated renal failure (MARF) with peritoneal dialysis, and the mortality rate of MARF has fallen from 75% (78 of 104) to 26% (27 of 104) (P < .0002). Sixty-four patients with...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 1992-11, Vol.15 (5), p.874-880
Hauptverfasser:	Trang, Tran Thi My, Phu, Nguyen Hoan, Vinh, Ha, Hien, Tran Tinh, Cuong, Bui Minh, Chau, Tran Thi Hong, Mai, Nguyen Thi Hoang, Waller, Deborah J., White, Nicholas J.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute kidney failure Acute Kidney Injury - etiology Acute Kidney Injury - mortality Acute Kidney Injury - pathology Acute Kidney Injury - therapy Adult Analysis of Variance Dialysis Falciparum malaria Female Hospital admissions Humans International Reports Kidney failure Malaria Malaria, Falciparum - complications Malaria, Falciparum - mortality Malaria, Falciparum - pathology Malaria, Falciparum - therapy Male Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) Parasitemia Peritoneal dialysis Peritoneal Dialysis - adverse effects Peritoneal Dialysis - methods Peritoneal Dialysis - statistics & numerical data Plasmodium falciparum Tropical medicine Urine
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Zusammenfassung:	Since 1988 in this referral center for severe cases of malaria for South Vietnam, a specialist team has managed malaria-associated renal failure (MARF) with peritoneal dialysis, and the mortality rate of MARF has fallen from 75% (78 of 104) to 26% (27 of 104) (P < .0002). Sixty-four patients with MARF (of whom 12 died) were compared to 66 patients with severe malaria whose serum creatinine levels remained
ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1093/clind/15.5.874