Factors associated with severe anaemia in Zambian children admitted with Plasmodium falciparum malarial anaemia.
Mulenga, Modest;
Malunga, Phidelis;
Bennett, Steve;
Thuma, Philip E;
Shulman, Caroline;
Fielding, Katherine;
Greenwood, Brian M;
(2005)
Factors associated with severe anaemia in Zambian children admitted with Plasmodium falciparum malarial anaemia.
Annals of tropical paediatrics, 25 (2).
pp. 87-90.
ISSN 0272-4936
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/146532805X45674
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Many cases of severe malarial anaemia are clinically stable, but some can deteriorate rapidly. In a cross-sectional survey of 255 children with clinically stable malarial anaemia, 72 had severe anaemia (PCV < or = 15%) and 183 were moderately anaemic (PCV < 15-21%). Being female, or febrile, or a referral and having low parasitaemia or hepatomegaly were the risk factors for severe anaemia.