Clinical-epidemiological behavior of malaria in an Angolan hospital
Keywords:
malaria/sex and age group, malaria/mortality, malaria/complications, mortality, AngolaAbstract
Introduction: Malaria is a parasitic disease with the highest morbidity and mortality in the world.
Objective: To determine the epidemiological clinical behavior of malaria in an Angolan hospital.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out with all the patients discharged with diagnosis of malaria (N = 1535), at Lobito General Hospital, Benguela, Angola, from 2015 to 2019. They were grouped by living or deceased patients. The studied variables were age, sex, comorbidities, complications and mortality. For the statistical analysis, the absolute frequency, the percentage and the absolute risk were used.
Results: Female sex (61%) and the age group of 25 to 35 years (29%) predominated in this study. In reference to comorbidity, AIDS had the highest incidence (64.1%), followed by pulmonary tuberculosis (59.9%). As for the distribution according to origin, the highest number of admitted patients was found in emergency services (28.8%), followed by public medical posts (23.2%). The most frequent complications were hypoglycemia (29.6%), followed by hemolytic anemia (26.1%) and cerebral malaria (23.4%). The fatality was 17%.
Conclusions: The female sex and the age group of 25-34 years of age predominated. The most frequent comorbidities were AIDS and pulmonary tuberculosis. The highest percentage of patients came from the emergency services. Hypoglycemia and hemolytic anemia were the most frequent complications. The fatality was high.
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