Sarah Murphy, Christine Cserti-Gazdewich, Aggrey Dhabangi, Charles Musoke, Nicolette Nabukeera-Barungi, Daniel Price, Mary Etta King, Javier Romero, Natan Noviski, Walter Dzik
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether hand-carried ultrasound technology may be valuable in the assessment of children with acute malaria. Every year, approximately 800,000 children under the age of 5 yrs die of complications of Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection. The advent of hand-carried ultrasound technology has made diagnostic ultrasonography possible in underresourced settings. DESIGN: We performed a pilot observational study collecting clinical data and performing ultrasound examinations on children diagnosed with P...
March 2011: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine