Ventricular fibrillation in a 5-year-old child on therapeutic dose of quinine dihydrochloride infusion for acute malaria

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1063-1065

  Busari, Olusegun ^a   Busari, Olusogo ^a  

^a FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Malaria; Quinine; Resource poor setting; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; PARACETAMOL; QUININE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALARIA; NAUSEA; PLASMODIUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; RESUSCITATION; SEIZURE; SWEATING; TACHYCARDIA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING;

EID: 52449119596     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31445-0     Document Type: Article

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