Electrocardiographic monitoring in severe falciparum malaria

• Main Authors: Delia B. Bethell, Pham Tung Phuong, Cao Xuan Thanh Phuong, François Nosten, Deborah Waller, Timothy M.E. Davis, Nicholas P.J. Day, Jane Crawley, David Brewster, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Nicholas J. White
• Other Authors: Cho Quan Hospital
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/17648
• Institution: Mahidol University

Electrocardiographic monitoring over 24 h was performed with 53 patients with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria (11 adults and 42 children) to assess the frequency of unrecognized cardiac arrhythmias. Nine patients (17%) died, 5 during the monitoring period and 4 afterwards. Pauses lasting 2-3 s...