Are respiratory complications of Plasmodium vivax malaria an underestimated problem?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Respiratory complications are uncommon, but often life-threatening features of Plasmodium vivax malaria. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and lethality associated with such complications among P. vivax malaria patients in a tertiary hospital in the Western Brazilian Amazon, and to identify variables associated with severe respiratory complications, intensive care need and death. Medical records from 2009 to 2016 were reviewed aiming to identify all patients diagnosed with P. vivax malaria and respiratory complications. Prevalence, lethality and risk factors associated with WHO defined respiratory complications, intensive care need and death were assessed.

Results

A total of 587 vivax malaria patients were hospitalized during the study period. Thirty (5.

SUBMITTER: Val F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5741897 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature