The treatment of severe malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 633-634

  Dondorp, Arjen M ^a,b   Day, Nick P J ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimalarials; Artesunate; Mortality; Severe malaria; Suppositories; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; QUININE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BRAIN MALARIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SUPPOSITORY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TIME;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; QUININE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SESQUITERPENES; SUPPOSITORIES;

ARTESUNATE;

EID: 34248142148     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.03.011     Document Type: Review

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