THE HEART RATE IN MALARIA; A REVIEW OF NINETY CASES

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Article1 September 1947THE HEART RATE IN MALARIA; A REVIEW OF NINETY CASESSHERMAN M. MELLINKOFF, JOHN R. HIGGINSSHERMAN M. MELLINKOFFSearch for more papers by this author, JOHN R. HIGGINSSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-27-3-433 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMost textbooks state that the typical malaria patient exhibits chills, fever, and tachycardia.1, 2, 3, 4, 5This clinical triad is frequently helpful in the differential diagnosis that runs through the physician's mind when he first sees a patient in a malarious zone. Among army personnel in certain regions of Asia, for example, it is common to see an acutely ill, prostrated man with chills and fever, while the physical examination gives no clue to the diagnosis except the heart rate. On the basis of probability in this particular locality, when there is a relative bradycardia one thinks of the...Bibliography1. STRONG R: Stitt's Diagnosis, prevention and treatment of tropical diseases, 1944, Blakiston Co., Philadelphia, pages 67 and 77. Google Scholar2. NAPIER LE: The principles and practice of tropical medicine, 1946, Macmillan Co., page 81. Google Scholar3. MANSON-BAHR PH: Tropical diseases, 1945, Cassell and Co., Ltd., London, page 67. Google Scholar4. MACKIEHUNTERWORTH TTGWCB: Manual of tropical medicine, 1945, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, page 243. Google Scholar5. CRAIGFAUST CFEC: Clinical parasitology, 1940, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, page 206. Google Scholar6. JONES AN: Malignant malaria on the gold coast, Ann. Trop. Med., 1944, xxxviii, 2. Google Scholar7. NOEHREN TH: The malaria triad, Ann. Int. Med., 1946, xxiv, 299. Google Scholar8. HYMAN AS: Clinical masquerades of malaria, U. S. Nav. Med. Bull., 1945, xlv, 297. Google Scholar9. HUGHESBOMFORD SBRR: Clinical features and treatment of malaria in British troops in West Africa, Brit. Med. Jr., 1944, i, 71. Google Scholar10. The War Office Memoranda on Medical Diseases in Tropical and Subtropical Areas, 1942, Chemical Publishing Co., London. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication November 22, 1946. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTrajectories of the heart rate characteristics index, a physiomarker of sepsis in premature infants, predict Neonatal ICU mortalityPathologic physiology and chemotherapy of Plasmodium berghei 1 September 1947Volume 27, Issue 3Page: 433-440KeywordsArmed forcesBradycardiaFeversHeart rateMalaria ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1947 PDF downloadLoading ...