Characterizing Pediatric Non–Malarial Fever and Identifying the At-Risk Child in Rural Malawi:

Global Pediatric Health

Teresa BleaklyKortz¹ 

关键词: emergency medicine;    general pediatrics;    critical care;    infectious diseases;    neonatology;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2333794X17750415

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Objective. To characterize children with non–malarial fever at risk of nonrecovery or worsening in rural Malawi. Methods. This is a subgroup analysis of patients ≤14 years of age from a prospective cohort study in non–malarial fever subjects (temperature ≥37.5°C, or fever within 48 hours, and malaria negative) in southern Malawi cared for at a mobile clinic during the 2016 dry (August to September) or wet (November to December) season. Data collection included chart review and questionnaires; 14-day follow-up was conducted. We conducted univariate descriptive statistics on cohort characteristics, bivariate analyses to examine associations between characteristics and outcomes, and multivariate logistic regressions to explore factors associated with nonrecovery. Results. A total of 2893 patients were screened, 401 were enrolled, 286 of these were children, and 280 children completed follow-up. Eighty-seven percent reported symptom resolution, 12.9% reported no improvement, and there were no deaths or hospit...

【 授权许可】

CC BY