ArticleMalaria journal2013
Ultrasonographic renal sizes, cortical thickness and volume in Nigerian children with acute falciparum malaria.
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- Noninvasive malaria detection beyond blood sampling.Sensors & diagnostics · 2026Review
- Is there a role for bedside ultrasound in malaria? A survey of the literature.Journal of ultrasound · 2020Review
- Reference indices for evaluating kidney dimensions in children using anthropometric measurements.SA journal of radiology · 2020Article
- Pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and treatment of coma and acute kidney injury complicating falciparum malaria.Current opinion in infectious diseases · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundUtility of sonographic assessments of renal changes during malaria illness are rarely reported in African children in spite of the high burden of malarial-related kidney damage.
methodsIn this case-control study, renal sizes, cortical thickness and volume of the kidneys of 131 healthy children and 170 with acute falciparum malaria comprising 85 uncomplicated malaria (UM) and 85 complicated malaria (CM) cases, measured within 24 hours of presenting in the hospital were compared.
resultsThe mean age of children with UM, CM and control groups was 49.7 ± 26.2 months, 50.7 ± 29.3 months and 73.4 ± 25.5 months, respectively (p < 0.001). The mean right kidney length of CM group was higher than control by 0.41cm (95% CI = 0.16, 0.65; p < 0.001) and UM by 0.32 cm (95% CI = 0.02, 0.62; p = 0.030). Similarly, mean left kidney length of CM was higher than control and UM by 0.34 cm (95% CI = 0.09, 0.60; p = 0.005) and 0.41cm (95% CI = 0.09, 0.72; p = 0.006), respectively. Estimated mean renal volume of the CM group was significantly higher than control group by 7.82 cm(3) for right and by 5.79 cm(3) for left kidneys respectively; in the UM group by 9.31cm(3) for right and 8.87 cm(3) for left kidneys respectively.
conclusionThere was a marginal increase in renal size of children with Plasmodium falciparum infection, which worsened with increasing severity of malaria morbidity. Ultrasonography provides important information for detecting renal changes in children with acute malaria.
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