TY - JOUR T1 - A composite management intervention plus financial incentives reduced mortality from malaria in children <5 years of age JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 59 LP - 59 DO - 10.1136/ebm.13.2.59 VL - 13 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 2008/04/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/13/2/59.abstract N2 - S BiaiDr S Biai, INDEPTH Network, Bissau Codex, Guinea-Bissau; sidubiai@hotmail.comDesign:randomised controlled trial.Allocation:unclear.*Blinding:unblinded.*Setting:paediatric ward at the national hospital in Guinea-Bissau.Patients:951 children 3 months to 5 years of age (median age 24 mo, 56% boys) who had clinically suspected malaria (axillary temperature >37.5°C or recent fever with no other obvious cause); >3 episodes of vomiting in the previous 24 hours; impaired consciousness (Blantyre coma score 3–4); coma (Blantyre score 0–2, ⩾30 min after a generalised convulsion); cerebral malaria (⩾2 convulsions in the preceding 24 h); severe anaemia (haemoglobin <50 g/l); or inability to eat, suck, drink, sit, or stand.Intervention:strict implementation of a standardised … ER -