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Table 6 Features of severe malaria in the study children

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

nā€‰=ā€‰555

%

nā€‰=ā€‰263

%

nā€‰=ā€‰292

%

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

  1. Pre-COVID-19 (2019); COVID-19 (2020)