Table 2 Laboratory data of the severe malaria patients upon hospital admission

Admitted-discharged (dd/mm/yy)

03–10/11/87

22–29/06/87

17–25/08/89

13/01/93–03/02/93

20–28/09/88

20–27/02/92

pH (7,35–7,45)

7.361

7.343

7.360

Po₂ (80 mm Hg)

71.5

89.5^#

74.6

Pco₂ (40 mm Hg)

25.9

24.6

34.8

HCO₃ (24 mEq/1)

15.0

13.4

19.5

Base excess (−2 to +2 mEq/1)

−8.4

−10.0

−4.7

Sat O₂ (>96%)

96.0

94.5

Creatinine (0.4–1.4 mg/dl)

1.0

0.7

0.8

11.1

0.9

0.9

Urea (10–50 mg/dl)

42

24

23

234

60

56

Leukocytes (3.5–12,000/mm³)

6,300

9,600

6,900

6,600

5,200

6,600

Erythrocytes (4.5–5,500,000/mm³)

2,800,000

3,800,000

3,100,000

2,800,000

Hemoglobin ♂ (>14g/dl); ♀ (>12g/dl)

12.8

8.8

11.2

8.1

8.7

10.3

Hematocrit (40–54%)

41

25

35

25

25

33

Platelets (100–500,000/mm³)

22,500

56,000

64,000

29,000

Total serum bilirubin (<1.5 mg/dl)

2.7

3.6

2.8

Direct serum bilirubin (<0.5 mg/dl)

0.4

2.6

1.1