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 7

Distribution of laboratory parameters not included in WHO criteria among severe malaria cases and outcome.

Sample number	Parameter	Range	Total number	Percentage of total cases	Died
				()	Number	% of cases
1	Total leucocyte count	Leukocytosis (>10000/mm^3)	5	10.0%	0	—
		Leukopenia (<4000/mm^3)	5	10.0%	2	40.0%
		Normal; (4000–10000/mm^3)	40	80.0%	0	—
2	Platelet counts; (thousand/mm^3)	>150	3	6.0%	0	—
		100 to 150	10	20.0%	0	—
		50 to 100	24	48.0%	0	—
		<50	13	26.0%	2	15.4%
3	Peripheral smear	Positive	49	98.0%	2	4.1%
		Negative	1	2.0%	0	—
4	Parasitic index	1%	45	90.0%	2	4.5%
		>1%	5	10.0%	0	—
5	RMAT	Positive	9	18.0%	0	—
		Negative	41	82.0%	2	4.9%
6	SGOT	Raised^#	6	12.0%	0	—
		Normal	44	88.0%	2	4.6%
7	SGPT	Raised^#	4	8.0%	0	—
		Normal	46	92.0%	2	4.4%
8	Serum bilirubin	Raised^#	1	2.0%	0	—
		Normal	49	98.0%	2	4.1%
9	Serum creatinine	Raised; (>1.0 mg/dL)	5	10.0%	1	20.0%
		<1.0 mg/dL	45	90.0%	1	2.2%

Based on normal reference range for age and sex.