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Characteristics of hypoglycaemic children (BGC < 60 mg/dl) on admission to Sikasso paediatric ward |
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| Sublingual Sugar (SLS) n = 14 (95%CI) |
Intravenous Glucose (IVG) n = 9 (95%CI) |
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| Sex (% F) |
29 |
44 |
| Mean age (months) |
26.7 (19.8–33.7) |
34.3 (5.8–62.8) |
| Mean weight (kg) |
10.8 (9.4–12.7) |
10.1 (6.9–13.1) |
| Duration of illness before presentation (days) |
2.55 (1.4–4.1) |
2.79 (1.8–3.1) |
| Coma£ |
2 (14%) |
5 (56%) |
| Prostration (%) |
12 (86%) |
7 (78%) |
| Convulsions (%) |
3 (21%) |
1 (11%) |
| Respiratory distress (%) |
7 (50%) |
5 (56%) |
| Splenomegaly (%) |
4 (29%) |
4 (44%) |
| Malnutrition (%)* |
1 (7%) |
0 |
| Mean temperature °C |
38.9 (38.3–39.3) |
38.3 (37.2–39.3) |
| Mean glycaemia (mg/dl) |
46.5 (40.7–52.2) |
45.0 (36.0–53.9) |
| Number of children with BGC < 40 mg/dl (< 2.2 mmol/l) |
3 (21%) |
2 (22%) |
| Number of children with BGC < 54 mg/dl (< 3.0 mml/L) |
10 (71%) |
6 (79%) |
| Thick film positive for P. falciparum (%) |
11 (79%) |
8 (89%) |
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£ p = 0.06, The mean blood glucose was 50.0 and 47.6 mg/dl in the comatose children in groups SLS and IVG, respectively. * underweight: weight for age below 2 standard deviation | ||
Graz et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:242 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-242 |
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