Cachexia in malaria and heart failure: therapeutic considerations in clinical practice

Onwuamaegbu, M. E., Henein, M. and Coats, A. J. (2004) Cachexia in malaria and heart failure: therapeutic considerations in clinical practice. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 80 (949). pp. 642-649. ISSN 1469-0756

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Abstract

Cachexia is an independent prognostic marker of survival in many chronic diseases including heart failure and malaria. Morbidity and mortality from malaria is high in most of the third world where it presents a very challenging public health problem. Malaria may present in the UK as fever in the returning traveller or as fever in overseas visitors. How and why cachexia develops in malaria in a manner similar to the cachexia of chronic heart failure and the treatment strategies that would alter outcomes in both diseases are discussed in this review.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
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Depositing User:	EPrints Services
Date Deposited:	25 Nov 2010 11:13
Last Modified:	12 Mar 2024 17:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/15535
DOI:	10.1136/pgmj.2004.020891

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