Protein energy malnutrition and cerebral malaria in Nigerian children
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- 1 August 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
- Vol. 43 (4) , 217-219
- https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/43.4.217
Abstract
SUMMARY Eight (14 per cent) out of 57 consecutive cerebral malaria patients (all P < 0.01). Poor outcomes (death or recovery with neurological deficits) were commoner in the malnourished group (4/8) than the well nourished group (7/49) (P = 0.037, Fisher's exact test). Malnourished children should receive malaria chemoprophylaxis during nutritional rehabilitation.Keywords
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