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Retinopathy in severe malaria in Ghanaian children - overlap between fundus changes in cerebral and non-cerebral malaria

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Title
Retinopathy in severe malaria in Ghanaian children - overlap between fundus changes in cerebral and non-cerebral malaria
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Malaria Journal, August 2010
DOI 10.1186/1475-2875-9-232
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Vera A Essuman, Christine T Ntim-Amponsah, Birgitte S Astrup, George O Adjei, Jorgen AL Kurtzhals, Thomas A Ndanu, Bamenla Goka

Abstract

In malaria-endemic areas, reliably establishing parasitaemia for diagnosis of malaria can be difficult. A retinopathy with some features unique to severe malaria with a predictive value on prognosis, has been described. Detection of this retinopathy could be a useful diagnostic tool. This study was designed to determine the diagnostic usefulness of retinopathy on ophthalmoscopy in severe malaria syndromes: Cerebral malaria (CM) and non-cerebral severe malaria (non-CM), i.e. malaria with respiratory distress (RD) and malaria with severe anaemia (SA), in Ghanaian children. Secondly, to determine any association between retinopathy and the occurrence of convulsions in patients with CM.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 3%
Pakistan 1 2%
Unknown 60 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 13 21%
Student > Master 7 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 11%
Student > Bachelor 6 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 6%
Other 13 21%
Unknown 13 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 22 35%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 6%
Computer Science 3 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 3%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 3%
Other 14 22%
Unknown 16 25%
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#14,716,222
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#4,205
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#75,444
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#30
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