Shaukat Ali.
Study of Cases of Acute Febrile Illness in Children Diagnosed as Malaria at T.H.Q, Hospital, Katlang, KPK.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;15(2):164-6.

Objective: To study cases of acute febrile illness with positive malaria parasite (MP)in children coming to OPD at THQ Hospital Katlang. Background: Many children visit OPD with acute febrile illness mostly suffering from Malaria, which is one of the most killer diseases in the world. It kills over a million each year. Majority of these deaths are in children. Study Design: Descriptive Material and Method: This is hospital based study conducted at T.H.Q Hospital Katlang from January 2010 to December 2012. Data was analyzed and results were presented as charts and tables. Results: Eight (n=800) hundred Patients(n=500 males and n=300 females) with acute febrile illness were examined. Five hundred (n=500)patients were clinically suspected as malaria in OPD randomly. They were advised routine tests and thin smears for malaria parasite and its specie. Malarial parasites were seen in n=180 (30%) cases. Plasmodium vivax was seen in majority cases n=164 (91.1%) cases. Plasmodium Falciparum was seen in cases n=14 (7.7%) cases. Two cases n=2 (1.1%) were mixed infections. There was no case of Plasmodium malaria or ovale. All the patients were treated in outpatient and all improved with treatment. Conclusion: Eight hundred patients were examined. Five hundred patient n=500 were clinically suspected as malaria. Out of 500 cases 180 (36%) cases were malaria parasite positive. Plasmodium vivax was the predominant specie in this study.

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