Editing Malaria (section)

===Classification===
Malaria is classified into either "severe" or "uncomplicated" by the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO).<ref name="Nadjm-2012" /> It is deemed severe when ''any'' of the following criteria are present, otherwise it is considered uncomplicated.{{sfn|WHO|2015|p=73}}
* Decreased consciousness
* Significant weakness such that the person is unable to walk
* Inability to feed
* Two or more [[convulsions]]
* [[Low blood pressure]] (less than 70&nbsp;[[mmHg]] in adults and 50&nbsp;mmHg in children)
* [[respiratory distress|Breathing problems]]
* [[Circulatory shock]]
* [[Kidney failure]] or [[haemoglobin|hemoglobin]] in the urine
* Bleeding problems, or hemoglobin less than 50&nbsp;g/L (5&nbsp;g/dL)
* [[Pulmonary oedema]]
* [[Blood glucose]] less than 2.2&nbsp;mmol/L (40&nbsp;mg/dL)
* [[Acidosis]] or [[lactic acid|lactate]] levels of greater than 5&nbsp;mmol/L
* A parasite level in the blood of greater than 100,000 per [[microlitre]] (μL) in low-intensity transmission areas, or 250,000 per μL in high-intensity transmission areas

Cerebral malaria is defined as a severe ''P.&nbsp;falciparum''-malaria presenting with neurological symptoms, including coma (with a [[Glasgow coma scale]] less than 11, or a [[Blantyre coma scale]] less than 3), or with a coma that lasts longer than 30 minutes after a seizure.{{sfn|WHO|2015|p=3}}