Table 3.
Predictors of deaths among severe malaria patients
| No. of patients |
Case fatality (%) |
UOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI | |
| Hypoxaemic (SpO2 <90%)* | 110 | 17.3 | 4.71 (2.16, 10.27) | 7.54 (2.80, 20.29) |
| Acidosis | 57 | 21.1 | 4.36 (1.97, 9.65) | 6.21 (2.21, 17.47) |
| Hypoglycaemia | 12 | 58.3 | 20.33 (5.99, 69.07) | 19.71 (2.61, 25.47) |
| Pneumonia | 6 | 33.3 | 5.98 (1.05, 34.10) | 19.27 (2.87, 29.59) |
| Hyperparasitaemia | 25 | 20.0 | 3.14 (1.09, 9.07) | 2.21 (0.91, 8.18) |
| Haemoglobinuria | 4 | 75.0 | 37.55 (3.78, 57.41) | 11.63 (0.61, 92.74) |
| Severe malarial anaemia | 201 | 4.0 | 3.64 (1.57, 8.39) | 3.25 (0.66, 47.63) |
| Cerebral malaria | 81 | 14.8 | 2.61 (1.20, 5.67) | 1.84 (0.27, 2.53) |
| Azotaemia | 81 | 13.6 | 2.23 (1.01, 4.89) | 0.62 (0.19, 2.03) |
| Others severe malaria | 87 | 11.5 | 1.70 (0.76, 3.79) | - |
| Male gender | 221 | 8.6 | 1.17 (0.54, 2.54)) | - |
| Wasting** | 140 | 14.3 | 2.01 (0.43, 9.13) | - |
| Hypokalaemia | 18 | 11.1 | 1.44 (0.32, 6.59) | - |
| Hyponatraemia | 32 | 12.5 | 1.71 (0.56, 5.25) | - |
| Renal impairment | 3 | 33.3 | 3.90 (0.39, 38.66) | - |
*
All received oxygen therapy
**
Weight-for-height, Z-score <2.0; UOR: Unadjusted Odds Ratio, AOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio