Clinical-epidemiological aspects of severe malaria in patients at the Municipal Hospital of Cuimba, Angola
Introduction: Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for more than 90 % of malaria worldwide. Objective: characterization of Clinical-epidemiological aspects of severe malaria in patients treated at the Municipal Hospital of Cuimba, Zaire, Angola. Method: an observational, descriptive, cross-secti...
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| author | Marelys Ramirez Rabí Elieser Imbert Puente Ernesto Fernández Carrillo João Landu Bamba Antônio Ngoma |
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| description | Introduction: Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for more than 90 % of malaria worldwide.
Objective: characterization of Clinical-epidemiological aspects of severe malaria in patients treated at the Municipal Hospital of Cuimba, Zaire, Angola.
Method: an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective study was conducted, during the period January - June 2023, in patients reported with severe malaria. The study involved a total of 452 patients with positive malaria but only 97 of them, who presented a complication of severe malaria, were selected as sample. The variables used were as follow: severe anemia, convulsions, hyperparasitemia, among others.
Results: male sex was predominant, with an average age of 14.8% and 43.3% of patients under five years of age. Plasmodium falciparum was found in 59 patients (60.8%) with a high parasitaemia prevalence. Manifestations of cerebral dysfunction in association with severe anemia were found in the clinical picture of 31% of patients. The 40.2% of patients had no complications in admission period. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome was the most frequent complication (18.6%), and it was the leading cause of death in 12.4% of patients. Artesunate was used in 77.3% of patients.
Conclusions: malaria is a health problem in Municipal Hospital of Cuimba, with a higher incidence in children under five years of age; Plasmodium falciparum infection prevailed in patients with severe anemia. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3fe57788b19b468fb281fee6a4e547302024-12-21T18:49:22ZspaUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de GuantánamoRevista Información Científica1028-99332024-03-011030e4466e446610.5281/zenodo.106155632537Clinical-epidemiological aspects of severe malaria in patients at the Municipal Hospital of Cuimba, AngolaMarelys Ramirez Rabí0Elieser Imbert Puente1Ernesto Fernández Carrillo2João Landu Bamba3Antônio Ngoma4Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Ciego de ÁvilaUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de Guantánamo. Policlínico Comunitario Ramón López PeñaUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas. Hospital Pediátrico Docente Eliseo Noel CaamañoUniversidad Agostinho Neto. Hospital Provincial de ZaireUniversidad Agostinho NetoIntroduction: Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for more than 90 % of malaria worldwide. Objective: characterization of Clinical-epidemiological aspects of severe malaria in patients treated at the Municipal Hospital of Cuimba, Zaire, Angola. Method: an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective study was conducted, during the period January - June 2023, in patients reported with severe malaria. The study involved a total of 452 patients with positive malaria but only 97 of them, who presented a complication of severe malaria, were selected as sample. The variables used were as follow: severe anemia, convulsions, hyperparasitemia, among others. Results: male sex was predominant, with an average age of 14.8% and 43.3% of patients under five years of age. Plasmodium falciparum was found in 59 patients (60.8%) with a high parasitaemia prevalence. Manifestations of cerebral dysfunction in association with severe anemia were found in the clinical picture of 31% of patients. The 40.2% of patients had no complications in admission period. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome was the most frequent complication (18.6%), and it was the leading cause of death in 12.4% of patients. Artesunate was used in 77.3% of patients. Conclusions: malaria is a health problem in Municipal Hospital of Cuimba, with a higher incidence in children under five years of age; Plasmodium falciparum infection prevailed in patients with severe anemia.https://revinfcientifica.sld.cu/index.php/ric/article/view/4466malariapaludismomalaria graveplasmodium falciparummalaria complicada |
| spellingShingle | Marelys Ramirez Rabí Elieser Imbert Puente Ernesto Fernández Carrillo João Landu Bamba Antônio Ngoma Clinical-epidemiological aspects of severe malaria in patients at the Municipal Hospital of Cuimba, Angola Revista Información Científica malaria paludismo malaria grave plasmodium falciparum malaria complicada |
| title | Clinical-epidemiological aspects of severe malaria in patients at the Municipal Hospital of Cuimba, Angola |
| title_full | Clinical-epidemiological aspects of severe malaria in patients at the Municipal Hospital of Cuimba, Angola |
| title_fullStr | Clinical-epidemiological aspects of severe malaria in patients at the Municipal Hospital of Cuimba, Angola |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical-epidemiological aspects of severe malaria in patients at the Municipal Hospital of Cuimba, Angola |
| title_short | Clinical-epidemiological aspects of severe malaria in patients at the Municipal Hospital of Cuimba, Angola |
| title_sort | clinical epidemiological aspects of severe malaria in patients at the municipal hospital of cuimba angola |
| topic | malaria paludismo malaria grave plasmodium falciparum malaria complicada |
| url | https://revinfcientifica.sld.cu/index.php/ric/article/view/4466 |
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