Clinical information from 10 children 0–14 years of age admitted to any of the pediatric or neonatal ICUs in Manaus, from January 2004 to December 2009, with parasitological diagnosis of P. falciparum or mixed infection (P. falciparum/P. vivax).

Y: years; mo: months; d: days; NA: Non-available; ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome; ARF: acute renal failure; PIM: Pediatric Index of Mortality.*Malnutrition confirmed by body mass index (BMI) Z-score rotavirus gastroenteritis confirmed by immunochromatographic rapid test in the stool; sepsis confirmed by two positive blood cultures; G6PD deficiency confirmed by qualitative Brewer's test; congenital cardiopathy confirmed by echocardiogram; sickle cell anemia confirmed by electrophoresis; ARDS defined as acute bilateral lung infiltrates and a PaO2:FiO2**Blackwater fever.