Intensive care in severe malaria: report from the task force on tropical diseases by the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine

• Main Authors: Karnad, Dilip R., Mat Nor, Mohd Basri, Richards, Guy A., Baker, Tim, Amin, Pravin R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RA643 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Communicable Diseases and Public Health
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/61674/1/61674_Intensive%20Care%20in%20Severe.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/61674/2/61674_Intensive%20Care%20in%20Severe_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/61674/13/61674_Intensive%20care%20in%20severe%20malaria_WoS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/61674/; http://www.jccjournal.org/article/S0883-9441(17)31730-6/fulltext

Severe malaria is common in tropical countries in Africa, Asia, Oceania and South and Central America. It may also occur in travelers returning from endemic areas. Plasmodium falciparum accounts for most cases, although P vivax is increasingly found to cause severe malaria in Asia. Cerebral malari...