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. 2007 Apr 30;6:51. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-51

Table 2.

Relative risks for death for the motives of intubation and other predictors among children requiring endotracheal intubation for severe falciparum malaria in Dakar, Senegal

Indication/Variable Patients No Deaths (lethality %) Crude Relative Risk § 95% CI P value Adjusted Relative Risk § 95% CI P value
Deep coma a 16 2 (12.5) 1 1
Status epilepticus or decorticate rigidity b 20 8 (40.0) 3.2 0.8 – 13.0 0.07 5.7 1.2 – 27.1 0.03
Decerebrate rigidity c 15 11 (73.3) 5.9 1.5 – 22.2 <0.001 10.7 2.3 – 49.5 < 0.01
Acute lung injury d 4 2 (50.0) 4.0 0.8 – 20.3 0.16 3.6 0.5 – 25.8 0.20
Shock e 15 14 (93.3) 7.5 2.0 – 27.5 <0.001 19.3 4.3 – 87.5 <0.001
Thrombocytopaenia
 ≥ 100,000/mm3 26 9 (34.6) 1 1
 < 100,000/mm3 42 27 (64.3) 1.9 1.0 – 3.3 0.01 2.6 1.2 – 5.8 0.01
Second line anticonvulsants f
  No 36 25 (69.4) 1 1
  Yes 34 12 (35.3) 0.5 0.3 – .8 < 0.01 0.4 0.2 – 0.9 0.02
Respiratory distress g
  No 26 11 (42.3) 1
  Yes 44 26 (59.1) 1.4 0.8 – 2.3 0.17
Jaundice h
  No 48 22 (45.8) 1
  Yes 22 15 (68.2) 1.5 1.0 – 2.3 0.08
Hypoglycaemia
  No 51 22 (43.1) 1
  Yes 19 15 (78.9) 1.8 1.2 – 2.7 < 0.01
Severe anaemia j
  No 55 26 (47.3) 1
  Yes 15 11 (73.3) 1.5 1.0 – 2.3 0.07
Abnormal bleeding h
  No 62 30 (48.4) 1
  Yes 8 7 (87.5) 1.8 1.2 – 2.6 0.06
Renal failure k
  No 68 35 (51.5) 1
  Yes 2 2 (100) 1.9 1.5 – 2.5 0.49
Community-acquired infections l
  No 58 29 (50.0) 1
  Yes 12 8 (66.6) 1.3 0.8 – 2.1 0.29
Malnutrition m
  No 44 28 (63.6) 1
  Yes 26 9 (34.6) 0.5 0.3 – 1.0 0.02
Severe hyponatremia n
  No 62 31 (50.0) 1
  Yes 8 6 (75.0) 1.5 0.9 – 2.4 0.18

Definitions : a deep coma : Glasgow coma score (GCS) ≤ 7 or Blantyre coma score (BCS) ≤ 2, no clinically evident status epilepticus, no abnormal posture ; b coma with overt cortical/diencephalic injury as witnessed by persistent clinically evident status epilepticus or flexor (decorticate) posturing; c coma with brainstem involvement as witnessed by extensor or opisthotonic (decerebrate) posturing; d severe respiratory distress with pulmonary infiltrates on X-ray with a ratio PaO2/FiO2 < 300 Torr [40.1 kPa]; e shock defined as a systolic blood pressure <60 or <80 mm Hg in children < than or > than 5 five years, respectively, in addition to the presence of perfusion abnormalities (urine output < 1 ml/kg/hr, GCS < 15, delayed capillary refill);f continuous infusions of clonazepam or thiopenthal;g sustained low chest wall recession or deep acidotic breathing; h clinical criterion; i glucose level < 2.2 mmol/L; j haemoglobin rate < 5 g/dL; k abnormal ratio creatinine/age; l septicaemia, pneumonia, meningitis or dysenteric; m NCHS Growth charts definition, 1976; n sodium<125 mmo/L

§ For bivariate and multivariate analysis (n = 70), children with cardiac arrests (n = 13) and children without platelet counts (n = 2) were excluded.