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. 2005 Jun;25(2):87-90.
doi: 10.1179/146532805X45674.

Factors associated with severe anaemia in Zambian children admitted with Plasmodium falciparum malarial anaemia

Modest Mulenga  1 , Phidelis Malunga, Steve Bennett, Philip E Thuma, Caroline Shulman, Katherine Fielding, Brian M Greenwood
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Factors associated with severe anaemia in Zambian children admitted with Plasmodium falciparum malarial anaemia

Modest Mulenga et al. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2005 Jun.

Abstract

Many cases of severe malarial anaemia are clinically stable, but some can deteriorate rapidly. In a cross-sectional survey of 255 children with clinically stable malarial anaemia, 72 had severe anaemia (PCV < or = 15%) and 183 were moderately anaemic (PCV < 15-21%). Being female, or febrile, or a referral and having low parasitaemia or hepatomegaly were the risk factors for severe anaemia.

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