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Table 2 Patient’s rate of complication

From: Profile and outcomes of patients with acute complications of malaria presenting to an urban emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania

Complications

Overall (N = 184)

95% CI

n/N (%)

%

Severe anaemia (Hb < 7 g/dL)

21(11.4)

7.6–16.8

Acute renal failurea

15 (8.2)

5.0–13.0

Respiratory distressb

8 (4.3)

2.2–8.3

Hypoglycemia (< 3 mmol/L)

6 (3.2)

1.5–6.9

Cerebral malaria

6 (3.2)

1.5–6.9

Shock

3 (1.6)

0.6–4.7

DIC

1 (0.5)

0.1–3.0

  1. DIC disseminated intravascular coagulopathy
  2. aRIFLE criteria
  3. bSPO2 < 91% and difficulty in breathing complain