Clinical Profile of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Children and Study of Severity Parameters in relation to Mortality: A Tertiary Care Centre Perspective in Mumbai, India

Table 6

Distribution of WHO severity parameters and outcome.

WHO criteria for severe malaria	Number of patients with; severe malaria	Percentage of severe; malaria cases (%); ()	Number of cases; that expired	Percentage of; patients that died (%)
Severe anemia Hb < 5 mg/dL/PCV < 15%	3	23.0	0	0
Raised serum creatinine (>3.0 mg/dL)/; Urine output <12 mL/kg/24 hours	0	0	0	0
Pulmonary edema/ARDS	2	15.4	2	100.0
Abnormal bleeding	5	36.5	2	40.0
Hypoglycemia (<40 mg/dL)	0	0	0	0
Repeated generalized; convulsions (3 in 24 hrs)	1	7.7	0	0
Circulatory collapse	2	15.4	0	0
Hyperparasitemia >5%	0	0	0	0
Serum bilirubin >2.5 mg/dL	0	0	0	0
Impaired consciousness/Glasgow Coma Scale <9	4	30.8	1	25.0