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malaria/seizures

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Assessing developmental outcomes in children from Kilifi, Kenya, following prophylaxis for seizures in cerebral malaria.

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The purpose of the study was to develop a culture-informed measure of developmental outcome and to apply it to detect differences in developmental level between children with cerebral malaria enrolled in a clinical trial to control seizures during the acute phase of the illness. The instrument was

Decorticate, decerebrate and opisthotonic posturing and seizures in Kenyan children with cerebral malaria.

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BACKGROUND Abnormal motor posturing is often observed in children with cerebral malaria, but the aetiology and pathogenesis is poorly understood. This study examined the risk factors and outcome of posturing in Kenyan children with cerebral malaria. METHODS Records of children admitted to Kilifi

Haptoglobin HP2-2 genotype, alpha-thalassaemia and acute seizures in children living in a malaria-endemic area.

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Polymorphisms of the haptoglobin (HP) gene and deletions in alpha-globin gene (alpha-thalassaemia) are common in malaria-endemic Africa. The same region also has high incidence rates for childhood acute seizures. The haptoglobin HP2-2 genotype has been associated with idiopathic generalized

Independent indicators of outcome in severe paediatric malaria: maternal education, acidotic breathing and convulsions on admission.

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Severe malaria is an important cause of death in hospitalized children in Mozambique, but the risk factors for this remain unclear. The objectives of the study were to define simple clinical criteria to identify on admission the children most at risk of dying. We studied prospectively 559 children

Seizure activity and neurological sequelae in Ugandan children who have survived an episode of cerebral malaria.

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BACKGROUND Seizures are a common presenting feature in children with cerebral malaria (CM) and neurologic deficits have been described in survivors of CM. However few prospective studies have described the frequency of seizure activity and neurologic deficits in survivors of CM over

Single dose phenobarbitone prevents convulsions in cerebral malaria.

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48 patients over 6 years of age with strictly defined cerebral malaria were randomised to receive either a single intramuscular injection of phenobarbitone (3.5 mg/kg) or placebo in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Phenobarbitone significantly reduced the incidence of subsequent convulsions

Community concepts of malaria-related illness with and without convulsions in southern Ghana.

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BACKGROUND Malaria, both with or without convulsions, is a serious hardship for people living in endemic areas, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Community references to malaria, however, may encompass other conditions, which was collectively designated malaria-related illness (MRI). Inasmuch as the

Treatment of malaria and febrile convulsions: an educational diagnosis of yoruba beliefs.

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An understanding of community perceptions of illness, especially disease definitions that are unique to a particular culture, is essential for developing culturally appropriate primary health care programs. Malaria is endemic in the Ibarapa District of Oyo State, Nigeria, and one of its major

Pharmacokinetics and clinical effect of phenobarbital in children with severe falciparum malaria and convulsions.

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OBJECTIVE Phenobarbital is commonly used to treat status epilepticus in resource-poor countries. Although a dose of 20 mg kg(-1) is recommended, this dose, administered intramuscularly (i.m.) for prophylaxis, is associated with an increase in mortality in children with cerebral malaria. We evaluated

Acute seizures attributable to falciparum malaria in an endemic area on the Kenyan coast.

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Falciparum malaria is an important cause of acute symptomatic seizures in children admitted to hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa, and these seizures are associated with neurological disabilities and epilepsy. However, it is difficult to determine the proportion of seizures attributable to malaria in

Convulsions in childhood malaria.

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A retrospective survey was conducted of all 2911 children admitted with malaria to 4 provincial hospitals in eastern Thailand between 1977 and 1987. 96 (3.3%) had cerebral malaria of whom 21 (22%) died, 225 (7.7%) had convulsions but were not comatose (4 died), and 2590 were conscious and had no

Convulsions with malaria: febrile or indicative of cerebral involvement?

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Evaluation of 446 infants and young children (6 months to 5 years olds) with malaria parasitaemia showed a significant relationship (P < 0.05- < 0.001) (a) between coma and age, pattern of convulsions, haematocrit, and blood glucose, and (b) between the severity of parasitaemia and risk of

Chloroquine is not a risk factor for seizures in childhood cerebral malaria.

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OBJECTIVE There are a number of case reports in the medical literature suggesting an association between the ingestion of chloroquine and subsequent seizure activity. Our study was designed to investigate the relationship between blood levels of chloroquine (CQ), its metabolite desethylchloroquine

Upsurge of malaria-related convulsions in a paediatric emergency room in Nigeria. Consequence of emergence of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum.

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From January through December 1988 the causative factor of each case of childhood seizure seen in the Children's Emergency Room of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria, was prospectively studied with a focus on the relative importance of malaria-related seizures. Of the 134

Effect of phenobarbital on seizure frequency and mortality in childhood cerebral malaria: a randomised, controlled intervention study.

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BACKGROUND Seizures commonly complicate cerebral malaria and are associated with an increased risk of death and neurological sequelae. We undertook a randomised study to assess the efficacy of intramuscular phenobarbital in preventing seizures in childhood cerebral malaria. METHODS Children with
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