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Altered mental status is an indicator of mortality and associated with both infectious and non-communicable disease in Lilongwe, Malawi

Published:2015-03-29 Issue:3 Volume:45 Page:164-167
ISSN:0049-4755
Container-title:Tropical Doctor
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Author:

Harrington Bryna¹,Kyriakos Vorkas Charles²,Kanyama Cecilia³,Ngoma Jonathan⁴,Hoffman Irving⁵,Hosseinipour Mina C.⁶

Affiliation:

1. MD/PhD student, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

2. Fellow, Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

3. Physician Investigator, UNC Project-Malawi & Kamuzu Central Hospital

4. Director, Kamuzu Central Hospital

5. Professor, UNC School of Medicine; International Director, UNC Project-Malawi

6. Professor, UNC School of Medicine; Scientific Director, UNC Project-Malawi

Abstract

Little is known about diseases associated with altered mental status (AMS) in resource-limited settings. We studied adult medicine patients presenting with AMS in Lilongwe, Malawi and found that AMS and HIV infection were each significantly associated with mortality. It is therefore critical that evaluation and management in this patient population is improved.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0049475515577024

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