Severe malaria in pregnant women

被引：3

作者：

Fernandes, Flavia Barbosa ^{[1
]}

Coelho Lopes, Reginaldo Guedes ^{[1
]}

de Mello Mendes Filho, Sergio Paulo ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Hosp Servidor Publ Estadual Sao Paulo, Serv Ginecol & Obstet, Rua Jatuarana 709, BR-75812052 Porto Velho, RO, Brazil

来源：

REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE GINECOLOGIA E OBSTETRICIA | 2010年 / 32卷 / 12期

关键词：

Malaria; Pregnant women; Pregnancy complications; infectious; Plasmodium falciparum; Sepsis;

D O I：

10.1590/S0100-72032010001200003

中图分类号：

R71 [妇产科学];

学科分类号：

100211 ;

摘要：

PURPOSE: to analyze the clinical course of three pregnant patients with severe malaria admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital in Porto Velho (RO), Brazil. METHODS: a descriptive study was conducted on three pregnant women infected with Plasmodium falciparum malaria, admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital in Porto Velho from 2005 to 2006. Categorical variables used were the classification criteria of the World Health Organization which ranks severe malaria and the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Disease Classification System II (APACHE II) and Sepsis Related Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) predictors of morbidity and severity of intensive care unit diseases. RESULTS: the malaria acquired by the pregnant subjects characterized by infection with Plasmodium falciparum in its most serious form resulted in death for all three patients and their fetuses. CONCLUSIONS: although the sample of this study was small it reflects the important impact of severe malaria on pregnant women as well as the need for a more judicious and attentive prenatal care to identify the disease in its early stages and its first complications in pregnant women.

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