Table 3.
Clinical characteristics of patients who died
| Patient No. | Demographics | Travel data | Manifestations of severe malaria | ICU support | Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
31 year old female |
Travelled to Zambia |
Hyperparasitaemia |
Exchange |
Died Day 3 |
| |
Black African |
No Chemoprophylaxis |
Seizures |
transfusion |
Parasite Count 2.1% |
| |
Raised in Endemic |
|
ARDS |
Ventilated |
|
| |
Region |
|
AKI |
RRT |
|
| |
|
|
Acidosis |
Inotropes |
|
| 2 |
25 year old male |
Travelled to Uganda and |
Hyperparasitaemia |
Exchange |
Died Day 19 |
| |
White |
Kenya |
AKI |
transfusion |
Disseminated fungal infection |
| |
Not-Raised in |
No Chemoprophylaxis |
Acidosis |
RRT |
|
| |
Endemic Region |
Treatment for malaria |
|
|
|
| |
|
started abroad: Chloroquine then Quinine |
|
|
|
| 3 |
83 year old male |
Travelled to Kenya |
AKI |
Exchange |
Died Day 9 |
| |
White |
No Chemoprophylaxis |
ARDS |
transfusion |
Multi-organ failure, shock with limb |
| |
Not-Raised in |
|
GCS < 11 |
Ventilated |
|
| |
Endemic Region |
|
Acidosis |
RRT |
|
| |
|
|
Shock |
Inotropes |
|
| |
|
|
Coagulopathy |
|
|
| 4 |
41 year old male |
Travelled to Gambia |
Hyperparasitaemia |
Ventilated |
Died Day 4 |
| |
White |
No Chemoprophylaxis |
Acidodsis |
Inotropes |
VT followed by Cardiac Arrest |
| |
Not-Raised in |
|
AKI |
|
|
| |
Endemic Region |
|
GCS < 11 |
|
|
| 5 |
47 year old male |
Living in Liberia for 2 Years |
Hyperparasitaemia |
Ventilated |
Died Day 11 |
| |
White |
No Chemoprophylaxis |
AKI |
RRT |
Staphylococcal pneumonia |
| |
Not-Raised in |
|
Acidosis |
Inotropes |
|
| Endemic Region |