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Introduction: Red blood cells exchange transfusion has been demonstrated to be helpful in treatment of sever P. falciparum malaria. However, no large scale randomized controlled trials have been completed to… Click to show full abstract
Introduction: Red blood cells exchange transfusion has been demonstrated to be helpful in treatment of sever P. falciparum malaria. However, no large scale randomized controlled trials have been completed to date and the CDC does not recommend RBC exchange transfusions as standard of care. We present a case of severe cerebral malaria in a patient with extremely high parasitemia and severe altered mental status who improved rapidly with automated RBC exchange.
Keywords:
red blood;
treatment;
severe cerebral;
falciparum malaria;
exchange
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Apheresis
Year Published: 2019
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Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Apheresis
Year Published: 2019
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