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. 2022 Sep 21;21:270. doi: 10.1186/s12936-022-04294-4

Table 2.

Clinical features of severe malaria patients in EFSTH

Clinical features No of patients who meet the criteria, n = 76 (%) Mortality If criteria satisfied (No. of deaths/total no. of patients who meet the criteria)
Impaired consciousness (GCS < 11) 34 (44.7) 9 (26.5)
Severe anaemia (< 7 g/dl) 26 (34.2) 3 (11.5)
*Acute kidney injury (Cr > 265umol/l) 20 (26.3) 2 (10)

*Please note that due to the limited laboratory resources, renal function tests were requested when patients were referred with suspected diagnosis of acute kidney injury or present with decrease urine output. Out of the 131 patients recruited 49 patients were suspected to have AKI and had creatinine requested