DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2023.v11i04.047

Pages: 597-601

Introduction: The aim of our work was to study the epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical and therapeutic aspects of severe malaria in children hospitalized in the pediatric ward of the CSRéf commune II of the district of Bamako in Mali. Materials and methods: We conducted a 12-month prospective study from January to December 2017. It took place in the paediatric service of the CSRéf of the commune II of the district of Bamako. Results: The study involved 70 children hospitalised out of 418 in the paediatric ward. The prevalence of severe malaria was 16.7%. The age group of children aged 36-59 months was the most affected with 58.6% with a sex ratio of 1.12 in favour of boys. The reasons for consultation were dominated by fever (43%). The neurological form was the most frequent with 71.4% followed by the anaemic form with 21.4%. Injectable artesunate waś used as first line in 110 patients or 87%. The average duration of hospitalisation was 3.8 days. The evolution waś favourable 97% of patients and 3% death. Conclusion: Malaria remains a public health problem due to its frequency and severity in children.