New developments in the management of malaria in adults

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 685-693

  Roe, J K ^a   Pasvol, G ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTESUNATE; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CHLOROQUINE; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FANSIDAR; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; QUINIDINE GLUCONATE; QUININE; QUININE SULFATE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACIDOSIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANEMIA; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN MALARIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SHOCK; TINNITUS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM;

EID: 70349689914     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcp087     Document Type: Review

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