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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...
Autores principales: | Ogetii, Gilbert N, Akech, Samuel, Jemutai, Julie, Boga, Mwanamvua, Kivaya, Esther, Fegan, Greg, Maitland, Kathryn |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2995467/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21092224 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-334 |
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