Pharmacokinetics and clinical effect of phenobarbital in children with severe falciparum malaria and convulsions.
AIMS: Phenobarbital is commonly used to treat status epilepticus in resource-poor countries. Although a dose of 20 mg kg(-1) is recommended, this dose, administered intramuscularly (i.m.) for prophylaxis, is associated with an increase in mortality in children with cerebral malaria. We evaluated a...
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| 格式: | Journal article |
| 语言: | English |
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2003
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