Fatal quinine cardiotoxicity in the treatment of falciparum malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 305-307

  Bonington, Alec ^a   Davidson, Robert N ^a   Winstanley, Peter A ^b   Pasvol, Geoffrey ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiotoxicity; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Quinine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA1 GLYCOPROTEIN; ARTEMETHER; CEFOTAXIME; LIDOCAINE; QUININE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QT INTERVAL;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0029975391     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90264-3     Document Type: Article

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