PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | plasmodium falciparum malaria |
| Symptom | C0242723|parasitemia |
| Sentences | 2 |
| PubMedID- 22221310 | This study was conducted to establish a cutoff point for peripheral parasitemia among patients with plasmodium falciparum malaria, to define severe malaria. |
| PubMedID- 26021376 | The severe malaria group was selected according to the following parameters: children up to 10 years; a diagnosis of plasmodium falciparum malaria confirmed with a minimum parasitemia of >5000 parasites/μl on the initial blood smear; asexual forms of p. falciparum; and clinical manifestations that required hospitalization, like hyperlactatemia or metabolic acidosis, severe anemia, dark urine, hypoglycemia, jaundice, respiratory distress, severe vomiting, shock, abnormal bleeding, and/or renal failure . |
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