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Table 4 Life-threatening complications in 13 patients with imported falciparum malaria

From: Early treatment of imported falciparum malaria in the intermediate and intensive care unit setting: an 8-year single-center retrospective study

Complication

Present on admission (n)

Developing during ICU stay (n)

Unrousable coma

0

3

Respiratory distress

2

2

Circulatory collapse or shock

0

5

Abnormal bleeding/disseminated intravascular coagulation

4

0

Hypoglycaemia

0

3

Acidosis

2

2

Renal failure

2

3

Multiple seizures

0

0

Severe anaemia

0

0

  1. ICU, intensive care unit.
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