Acute respiratory distress syndrome in Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
; 40(6): 1179-82, 2009 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-20578450
ABSTRACT
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as a complication of malaria infection is rare but with a very high mortality rate. We report the case of a patient who developed high fever, then respiratory distress during a trip to Haiti who was admitted to our hospital and diagnosed with malaria. During recovery the patient developed ARDS in the hospital.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório
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Malária Falciparum
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
Asia
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Caribe
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Haiti
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article