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. 2012 Mar 27;7(3):e34201. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034201

Table 2. Practices related to transfusion transmitted malaria in three hospital departments.

All (N = 151) Medicine(N = 41) O&G(N = 51) Paediatrics(N = 59)
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Clinical diagnosis of malaria in admission (%) 50 (30) 0 (0) 9 (18) 41* (70)
Anti-malarial use (%) 66 (44) 3 (7) 12 (24) 51 (87)
Type of anti-malarial given
Quinine 26 (40) 0 (0) 0 (0) 26 (51)
Artemether-Lumefantrine 18 (27) 3 (100) 12 (100) 3 (6)
Artesunate-Amodiaquine 22 (33) 0 (0) 0 (0) 22 (43)
Time of prescribing anti-malarial
With transfusion 51 (77) 1 (33) 7 (59) 43 (84)*
At least 24 hours before transfusion 8 (12) 1 (33) 1 (8) 6 (12)
Within 24 hours post- transfusion 4 (6) 0 (0) 3 (25)* 1 (2)
Unknown 3 (5) 1 (33) 1 (8) 1 (2)
Other drugs
Furosemide (%) 60 (40) 2 (5) 6 (12) 52 (88)
Antibiotics use (%) 118 (78) 25 (61) 49 (96) 44 (75)
Post transfusion fever (%) 34 (23) 3 (7) 12 (24) 19 (32)
*

confirmed by positive malaria microscopy in one case.