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

M. E. Onwuamaegbu; M. Henein; A. J. Coats

doi:10.1136/pgmj.2004.020891

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

M. E. Onwuamaegbu, M. Henein, A. J. Coats

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	642-649
Number of pages	8
Journal	Postgraduate Medical Journal
Volume	80
Issue number	949
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.2004.020891
Publication status	Published - 2004

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