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Dr. Jessica Pelletier speaks with Dr. Emmanuel Effa, a malaria expert, about diagnosing and managing severe malaria in the emergency setting.
Take-Home Points:
- Severe malaria is characterized by parasitemia plus 1 or more of the severe features we discussed - basically, signs of organ damage
- Kids are at higher risk of getting and dying from this
- These folks will often need resuscitation from an ABCDE standpoint
- Early recognition and aggressive antimalarial treatment is essential
- Patients should be treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics until bacterial infection is ruled out
You can view the full show notes and references here:
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