From: Outcomes of childhood severe malaria: a comparative of study pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 periods
Features of severe malaria | Both periods | Pre-COVID-19 period | COVID-19 period | |||
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nā=ā555 | % | nā=ā263 | % | nā=ā292 | % | |
Cerebral malaria | 152 | 27.4 | 80 | 30.4 | 72 | 24.7 |
Multiple convulsion | 88 | 15.9 | 45 | 17.1 | 43 | 14.7 |
Severe anemia | 73 | 13.2 | 31 | 11.8 | 42 | 14.4 |
Prostration | 64 | 11.5 | 45 | 17.1 | 19 | 6.5 |
Hemoglobinuria | 38 | 6.8 | 15 | 5.7 | 23 | 7.9 |
Cerebral malaria, hemoglobinuria | 30 | 5.4 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 7.5 |
Severe anemia, hemoglobinuria | 27 | 4.9 | 7 | 2.7 | 20 | 6.8 |
Severe anemia, cerebral malaria | 15 | 2.7 | 7 | 2.7 | 8 | 2.7 |
Cerebral malaria, severe anemia, hemoglobinuria | 14 | 2.5 | 4 | 1.5 | 10 | 3.4 |
Multiple convulsions, hemoglobinuria | 10 | 1.8 | 3 | 1.1 | 7 | 2.4 |
Shock | 9 | 1.6 | 3 | 1.1 | 6 | 2.1 |
Severe anemia, multiple Convulsions | 8 | 1.4 | 2 | 0.8 | 6 | 2.1 |
Acute kidney injury | 7 | 1.3 | 2 | 0.8 | 5 | 1.7 |
Cerebral malaria, acute kidney injury | 7 | 1.3 | 3 | 1.1 | 4 | 1.4 |
Severe anemia, hemoglobinuria, acute kidney injury | 4 | 0.7 | 3 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.3 |
Multiple convulsions, hemoglobinuria, severe anemia | 4 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.4 | 3 | 1 |
Cerebral malaria, hemoglobinuria, hyperbilirubinemia, hypoglycaemia, severe anemia | 3 | 0.5 | 3 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 |
Hypoglycaemia | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.3 |