Management of uncomplicated malaria in children under 13 years of age at a district hospital in senegal: From official guidelines to usual practices

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sarrassat, Sophie ^a   Lalou, Richard ^b   Cissé, Moustapha ^c   Le Hesran, Jean Yves ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Aix Marseille University Marseille   (France)

^c Programme National de Lutte Contre le Paludisme   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; SULFADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG USE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MONOTHERAPY; NURSE ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENEGAL; BLOOD; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; PARASITOLOGY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIALS; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; NURSES; PYRIMETHAMINE; SENEGAL; SULFADOXINE;

EID: 80053172690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-285     Document Type: Article

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