A case series of acute respiratory distress syndrome in children with plasmodium falciparam malaria

Year: October-December 2012 | Volume: 9 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 104-105

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7199/ped.oncall.2012.76

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A case series of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Children with Plasmodium falciparam Malaria

Shalini Avasthi¹, Sunil Taneja², Ruchi Puri².
¹Consultant Pediatrician, Ursula Horsman hospital, Kanpur, India,
²Consultant Pediatrician, Madhuraj Hospital, Kanpur, India.

Abstract
Occurrence of Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a relatively rare complication in paediatric patients with malaria. During the time of increase transmission we had three children, from Kanpur city that developed ARDS as a fatal complication of falciparum malaria. In all cases, ARDS was diagnosed by the presence of hypoxia with PaO2 / FiO2 ratio < 200 and bilateral pulmonary infiltration, and by excluding cardiac disease by echocardiography. Treatment with intravenous quinine with early mechanical ventilation was life saving in all the three cases.

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Shalini Avasthi
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Avasthi S, Taneja S, Puri R. A case series of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Children with Plasmodium falciparam Malaria. Pediatr Oncall J. 2012;9: 104-105. doi: 10.7199/ped.oncall.2012.76