Sickle cell disease and pregnancy profile of complicated malaria in 982 pregnancies in Kinshasa.

Tite Minga MikobiNelly Ciombo KamuanyaPierre Zalagile AkilimaliProsper Tshilobo Lukusa

Published in: PloS one (2022)

Complicated malaria is associated with high maternal and fetal morbidity in sickle cell patients. Malaria chemoprophylaxis can reduce maternal and fetal complications and parasite density during malaria infection.

Keyphrases

plasmodium falciparum
sickle cell disease
pregnancy outcomes
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
preterm birth
chronic kidney disease
birth weight
peritoneal dialysis
risk factors
pregnant women
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes
trypanosoma cruzi