Holter monitoring in children with severe plasmodium falciparum malaria during i.v. quinine treatment

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-

  Bregani, Enrico Rino ^a,c   Van Tien, Tu ^a   Cabibbe, Mara ^a   Figini, Giovanni ^a   Manenti, Franco ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b Mugana Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; QUININE;

BLOOD SMEAR; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TANZANIA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HEART; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; QUININE;

EID: 1242343718     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/50.1.61     Document Type: Letter

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