Publication: Treatment of malarial acute renal failure by hemodialysis
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1999-01-01
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00029637
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Mahidol University
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American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Vol.60, No.2 (1999), 233-237
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Polrat Wilairatana, Eli K. Westerlund, Boonrut Aursudkij, Suparp Vannaphan, Srivicha Krudsood, Parnpen Viriyavejakul, Watcharee Chokejindachai, Sombat Treeprasertsuk, Pranee Srisuriya, Victor R. Gordeuk, Gary M. Brittenham, Guy Neild, Sornchai Looareesuwan Treatment of malarial acute renal failure by hemodialysis. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Vol.60, No.2 (1999), 233-237. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.233 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/25474
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Treatment of malarial acute renal failure by hemodialysis
Abstract
We studied 112 patients with malarial acute renal failure (ARF) during the period 1991-1997 at Bangkok Hospital for Tropical Diseases (Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand). Hemodialysis was performed in 101 (90.2%) of these patients. The mean number of times the patients were hemodialyzed was 6.5 (range = 1-27). Ninety-three (83.0%) patients were oliguric and the remainder were nonoliguric. Patients who had oliguric renal failure required more hemodialyses and had more complications than the nonoliguric patients. The oliguric patients had an eight-fold higher risk of requiring six or more hemodialyses (95% confidence interval = 1.2-53.9, P = 0.0008). The overall mortality rate was 10.7% (12 of 112). Eleven of the patients who died were jaundiced and eight of them had cerebral malaria with a Glasgow Coma Score ≤ 8. We conclude that hemodialysis is a useful treatment for oliguric and nonoliguric ARF from severe malaria, particularly when initiated early in the course of the illness.