Assessment of volume depletion in children with malaria.

Assessment of volume depletion in children with malaria.

BACKGROUND: The degree of volume depletion in severe malaria is currently unknown, although knowledge of fluid compartment volumes can guide therapy. To assist management of severely ill children, and to test the hypothesis that volume changes in fluid compartments reflect disease severity, we measu...

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Main Authors: Timothy Planche, Myriam Onanga, Achim Schwenk, Arnaud Dzeing, Steffen Borrmann, Jean-François Faucher, Antony Wright, Les Bluck, Leigh Ward, Maryvonne Kombila, Peter G Kremsner, Sanjeev Krishna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2004-10-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC523837?pdf=render

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