Table 2. Case Fatality Rate among Patients with Severe Malaria, by Coma Acidosis Malaria (CAM) Score, Bicarbonate-Based CAM (BCAM) Score and Respiratory Rate–Based CAM (RCAM) Score at Hospital Admission in the Validation and Derivation Series.
| Score, study, outcome | No. (%) of patients, by score | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
| CAM | ||||||
| SEAQUAMAT | ||||||
| Survived | 91 | 126 (94) | 209 (83) | 113 (63) | 44 (33) | 583 (74) |
| Died | 0 | 8 (6) | 43 (17) | 67 (37) | 88 (67) | 206 (26) |
| Vietnam | ||||||
| Survived | 21 | 60 (92) | 79 (92) | 64 (79) | 21 (54) | 245 (84) |
| Died | 0 | 5 (7.7) | 7 (8.1) | 17 (21) | 18 (46) | 47 (16) |
| Bangladesh | ||||||
| Survived | 4 | 15 (94) | 29 (73) | 45 (64) | 21 (36) | 114 (61) |
| Died | 0 | 1 (6) | 11 (27) | 25 (36) | 37 (64) | 74 (39) |
| All | ||||||
| Survived | 116 | 201 (89) | 317 (84) | 222 (67) | 86 (38) | 942 (74) |
| Died | 0 | 14 (11) | 61 (16) | 109 (33) | 143 (62) | 327 (26) |
| BCAM scorea | ||||||
| SEAQUAMAT | ||||||
| Survived | 52 (98) | 149 (95) | 172 (85) | 158 (67) | 44 (34) | 575 |
| Died | 1 (2) | 8 (5) | 31 (15) | 77 (33) | 86 (66) | 203 |
| Bangladesh | ||||||
| Survived | 1 | 18 (95) | 18 (69) | 58 (70) | 23 (36) | 118 |
| Died | 0 | 1 (5) | 8 (31) | 25 (30) | 41 (64) | 75 |
| RCAM score | ||||||
| SEAQUAMAT | ||||||
| Survived | 26 (93) | 170 (92) | 157 (77) | 260 (66) | 24 (44) | 637 |
| Died | 2 (7) | 15 (8) | 48 (23) | 134 (34) | 31 (56) | 230 |
| Vietnam | ||||||
| Survived | 1 | 131 (92) | 95 (83) | 216 (85) | 25 (71) | 468 |
| Died | 0 | 11 (8) | 20 (17) | 39 (15) | 10 (29) | 80 |
| Bangladesh | ||||||
| Survived | 1 | 16 (94) | 23 (82) | 65 (57) | 12 (43) | 117 |
| Died | 0 | 1 (6) | 5 (18) | 50 (43) | 16 (57) | 72 |