Respiratory Distress Complicating Falciparum Malaria Imported to Berlin, Germany: Incidence, Burden, and Risk Factors.

ABSTRACT: While European healthcare systems face resource shortages as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, numbers of imported falciparum malaria cases increased again with re-intensifying international travel. The aim of the study was to identify malaria-specific complications associated with a prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay (ICU-LOS) in the pre-COVID-19 era and to determine targets for their prevention. This retrospective observational investigation included all the cases treated from 2001 to 2015 at the Charité University Hospital, Berlin. The association of malaria-specific complications with the ICU-LOS was assessed using a multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression. The risk factors for the individual complications were determined using a multivariate Bayesian l

SUBMITTER: Hoffmeister B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10302277 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature