World Health Organization : Year 1996 ; Assessment Document, A55782, Pages Art 1: The Diagnosis and Management of Severe and Complicated Falciparum Malaria

By World Health Organization

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1996 ; Assessment Document, A55782, Pages Art 1: The Diagnosis and Management of Severe and Complicated Falciparum Malaria
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Description
Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
This training module on the diagnosis and management of severe P. falciparurn malaria is intended primarily for the training of physicians, nurses, medical students and other health personnel both in malarious areas of the world and non-endemic countries.

Table of Contents
Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Learning Units 1 . What you know about the diagnosis and management of severe falciparum malaria in your country or place of work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2 . Severe malaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3 . Pathophysiology of severe malaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4 . Guidelines for diagnosis and assessment of severe malaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 5 . Picture quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 6 . The management of severe and complicated malaria . . . . . 51 7 . Assessment of recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 8 . Exercises in the diagnosis and management of severe malaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Case studies Patient A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Patient B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Patient C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Patient D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Patient E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Selected further reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93