Title of article :
Manual exchange blood transfusion in a young patient with falciparum malaria in a periperhral hospital
Author/Authors :
Afshan, Farhat Combined Military Hospital - Department of Medicine, Pathology Anesthesia, Pakistan , Satti, Luqman Combined Military Hospital - Department of Medicine, Pathology Anesthesia, Pakistan , Ihtisham ul Haq Combined Military Hospital - Department of Medicine, Pathology Anesthesia, Pakistan
Abstract :
We report a case manual exchange blood transfusion in a young patient having falciparum malaria along with its severe complications. Parasite load reduced to 2% from over 20% with significant improvement in neurological status but unfortunately, the patient succumbed to death due to acute renal failure
Keywords :
Exchange transfusion , Malaria , Plasmodium falciparum
Journal title :
GOMAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Journal title :
GOMAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
