Sublingual sugar for hypoglycaemia in children with severe malaria: A pilot clinical study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Graz, Bertrand ^a,b   Dicko, Moussa ^c,d   Willcox, Merlin L ^a,e   Lambert, Bernard ^f   Falquet, Jacques ^a   Forster, Mathieu ^g   Giani, Sergio ^h   Diakite, Chiaka ^c   Dembele, Eugène M ^d   Diallo, Drissa ^c   Barennes, Hubert ^i,j  

^a Antenna Technologies   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Institut National de Recherche en Sante Publique Mali   (Mali)

^d Hôpital de Sikasso   (Mali)

^e Research Initiative on Traditional Antimalarial Methods   (United Kingdom)

^f République Démocratique du Congo   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^h Aidemet NGO   (Mali)

ⁱ Inst Francophone de Med Tropicale   (Laos)

^j CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; GLUCOSE; SUGAR; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH; INFANT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALI; PILOT STUDY; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADOLESCENT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALARIA; MALE; MALI; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149087900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-242     Document Type: Article

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