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acute respiratory distress syndrome |
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| ALT,
alanine aminotransferase; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome;
AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BT, bleeding time; CT, clotting time;
CT, computerized tomography scan of head (non-contrast); F, female;
GCS, Glasgow coma scale; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; M, male; N,
normal; PBF, peripheral blood film; PCR, polymerase chain reaction;
PMNS, post malarial neurologic syndrome; PT, prothrombin time; TLC,
total leukocyte count; RMDT, rapid malaria diagnostic test. The 31-year-old housewife and mother of three daughters suffered
from acute respiratory distress syndrome, a complication from pneumonia
that causes lung capillaries to leak and, in severe cases, can lead to
multiple organ failure. The ailment, which is known as acute respiratory distress syndrome,
has killed 11 people and made nine others, severely ill. |
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