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Von Mach Ma

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Fulminantes Lungenödembei Malaria tropica

2003

HISTORY AND ADMISSION FINDINGS A 54-year-old man was admitted because of intermittent fever for 2 days. Ten days earlier he had returned from Kenya. He had not taken any antimalarial drugs prophylactically. INVESTIGATIONS Initial blood smears showed Plasmodium falciparum in 10.4% of erythrocytes. Laboratory tests indicated hyponatremia and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Also, laboratory markers of infection and hemolysis were clearly positive and accompanied by a low-grade normocyticanaemia. Chest radiograph showed the heart size to be at the upper limit of normal and no signs of congestion, pleural effusion or inflammatory infiltrates. Sonography demonstrated hepatosplenomegaly wi…

Disseminated intravascular coagulationmedicine.medical_specialtymedicine.diagnostic_testPleural effusionbusiness.industryFulminantHepatosplenomegalyGeneral MedicineLung injurymedicine.diseasePulmonary edemaGastroenterologyHeart failureInternal medicineparasitic diseasesmedicinemedicine.symptombusinessChest radiographDMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift
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Aktuelle Therapie von Intoxikationen

2003

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