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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
HYPOGLYCAEMIA IN AFRICAN CHILDREN WITH SEVERE MALARIA
The Lancet, Volume 329, No. 8535, Year 1987
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Description
Hypoglycaemia, defined as a plasma glucose concentration below 2·2 mmol/l, developed in 15 of 47 prospectively studied Gambian children with severe chloroquine-sensitive falciparum malaria. 5 of these hypoglycaemic children died compared with 1 in the normoglycaemic group (p = 0·02). In contrast to previous observations in quinine-treated adults, in whom hypoglycaemia was associated with hyperinsulinaemia, plasma concentrations of insulin were appropriately low and plasma ketones were high. Raised plasma concentrations of lactate and alanine suggested impairment of hepatic gluconeogenesis. In African children, hypoglycaemia is an important and treatable manifestation of severe malaria and is unrelated to antimalarial treatment. © 1987.
Authors & Co-Authors
White, Nicholas J.
Thailand, Bangkok
Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Bangkok
United Kingdom, Oxford
Nuffield Department of Medicine
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gambia, Banjul
Medical Research Council Laboratories Gambia
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
United Kingdom, Oxford
Radcliffe Infirmary
Gambia, Banjul
Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia
Marsh, Kevin
Thailand, Bangkok
Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Bangkok
United Kingdom, Oxford
Nuffield Department of Medicine
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gambia, Banjul
Medical Research Council Laboratories Gambia
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
United Kingdom, Oxford
Radcliffe Infirmary
Gambia, Banjul
Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia
Turner, Robert Glenn
Thailand, Bangkok
Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Bangkok
United Kingdom, Oxford
Nuffield Department of Medicine
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gambia, Banjul
Medical Research Council Laboratories Gambia
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
United Kingdom, Oxford
Radcliffe Infirmary
Gambia, Banjul
Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia
Miller, Kirk D.
Thailand, Bangkok
Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Bangkok
United Kingdom, Oxford
Nuffield Department of Medicine
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gambia, Banjul
Medical Research Council Laboratories Gambia
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
United Kingdom, Oxford
Radcliffe Infirmary
Gambia, Banjul
Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia
Berry, Carol Dawn
Thailand, Bangkok
Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Bangkok
United Kingdom, Oxford
Nuffield Department of Medicine
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gambia, Banjul
Medical Research Council Laboratories Gambia
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
United Kingdom, Oxford
Radcliffe Infirmary
Gambia, Banjul
Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia
Williamson, Dermont H.
Thailand, Bangkok
Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Bangkok
United Kingdom, Oxford
Nuffield Department of Medicine
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gambia, Banjul
Medical Research Council Laboratories Gambia
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
United Kingdom, Oxford
Radcliffe Infirmary
Gambia, Banjul
Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia
Brown, Judith
Thailand, Bangkok
Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Bangkok
United Kingdom, Oxford
Nuffield Department of Medicine
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gambia, Banjul
Medical Research Council Laboratories Gambia
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
United Kingdom, Oxford
Radcliffe Infirmary
Gambia, Banjul
Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia
Statistics
Citations: 213
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S0140-6736(87)90354-0
ISSN:
01406736
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health