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ArticleCureus2020

Malarial Hepatopathy in Children Visiting a Tertiary Healthcare Hospital in Karachi.

Nathumal Maheshwari, Mehmood Shaikh, Rewa Chand, Hemandas Maheshwari, Mehrunnisa Yasir

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Nathumal MaheshwariPediatrics, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College, Karachi, PAK.
Mehmood ShaikhNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, PAK.
Rewa ChandPediatric Surgery, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College, Karachi, PAK.
Hemandas MaheshwariPediatrics, St. Richard's Hospital, Chichester, GBR.
Mehrunnisa YasirMedical Intensive Care Unit, National Institute of Child Health, Karachi, PAK.
Jinnah Sindh Medical University · PKNational Institute of Child Health · PKSt Richard's Hospital · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective To determine the frequency of malarial hepatopathy in children that are visiting Lyari General Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Study design Cross sectional descriptive study. Material and methods Patients with age between two months and 15 years, who had positive blood film for Plasmodium falciparum or P. vivax, were included in the study. All patients were monitored for malarial hepatopathy. Result A total of 241 cases were included in the study. Mean age at admission was 4.1 ± 1.3 years and male to female ratio was 1.2:1. There were 133 (55.2%) cases of P. vivax, while 108 (44.8%) were of P. falciparum. Malarial hepatopathy was observed in 37 patients (15.4%). Malaria hepatopathy was present in 24.1% and 8.3% children having P. falciparum and P. vivax, respectively. Malaria hepatopathy was present in 24%, 18% and 6% in age groups two months to five years, >5 years to 10 years and >10 years, respectively. Conclusion Malarial hepatopathy was observed in about one-sixth of study population and it was more common between two months and five years age group.

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malarial hepatopathyplasmodium falciparumplasmodium vivax

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PMID32104632
PMCPMC7026864
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