Management of uncomplicated malaria in private health facilities in North-West Ethiopia: a clinical audit of current practices

Table 2 Uncomplicated malaria patients’ clinical records and laboratory investigation, Oct 2016 – Jan 2017

Characteristics	Responses	Frequency	Percent
Chief compliant	Yes	301	91.2%
Chief compliant	No	29	8.7%
Comprehensive history	Yes	291	88.2%
Comprehensive history	No	39	11.8%
Physical Examination	Yes	314	95.2%
Physical Examination	No	16	4.8%
Diagnosis methods (n = 330)	Blood Film (microscopy)	222	67.0%
	Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs)	52	16.0%
	Presumed Diagnosis (Sign & Symptom)^a	56	17.0%
Microscopy diagnosis results (n = 222)	P. falciparum	117	53.0%
	P. vivax	67	30.0%
	Mixed (P. falciparum & P. vivax)	38	17.0%
Rapid Diagnostic Tests results (n = 52)	P. falciparum	26	50.0%
	P. vivax	15	29.0%
	Mixed (P. falciparum or both P. f and P. v)	11	21.0%
Parasite load (n = 222)^b	+	144	64.9%
	++	67	30.2%
	+++	9	4.0%
	++++	2	0.90%
Hemoglobin	Yes	254	76.9%
Hemoglobin	No	76	23.1%
Urine analysis	Yes	182	55.2%
Urine analysis	No	148	44.8%

The table presents the frequency of records of clinical and laboratory investigations of adult uncomplicated malaria patients
^aFifty six patients were diagnosed for malaria based on evidences of signs & symptoms after having a negative reported result for parasitological tests
^bSimple plus system method for estimating parasite load: + − 1- 10 parasites per 100 thick-film fields; ++: 11–100 parasites per 100 thick-film fields; +++: - 1- 10 parasites per thick-film field; ++++: more than 10 parasites per thick-film field [28]

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