Hypoglycaemia in severe malaria, clinical associations and relationship to quinine dosage

BACKGROUND: Hypoglycaemia is an independent risk factor for death in severe malaria and a recognized adverse treatment effect of parenteral quinine. In 2006 our hospital changed quinine treatment policy from 15 mg/kg loading (plus 10 mg/kg 12-hourly) to 20 mg/kg loading (plus 10 mg/kg 8-hourly) to c...

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Main Authors: Ogetii, Gilbert N, Akech, Samuel, Jemutai, Julie, Boga, Mwanamvua, Kivaya, Esther, Fegan, Greg, Maitland, Kathryn
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2995467/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21092224
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-334
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