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Blood glucose and prognosis in children with presumed severe malaria: is there a threshold for âhypoglycaemiaâ?
Journal article published in 2010 by
Merlin L. Willcox 
,
Mathieu Forster,
Moussa I. Dicko,
Bertrand Graz,
Richard Mayon-White,
Hubert Barennes
,
Mathieu Forster,
Moussa I. Dicko,
Bertrand Graz,
Richard Mayon-White,
Hubert Barennes
Abstract
Other ; OBJECTIVES: Hypoglycaemia (glucose 8.3 mmol/l. Associations between glycaemia and case fatality were analysed for 418 children using logistic regression models and a receiver operator curve (ROC). RESULTS: There was a significant difference between blood glucose levels in children who died (median 4.6 mmol/l) and survivors (median 7.6 mmol/l, P