A safe and effective consecutive-infusion regimen for rapid quinine loading in severe falciparum malaria.
Recommended initial treatment of severe chloroquine-resistant falciparum malaria consists of a 4-h loading infusion of 20 mg of quinine dihydrochloride (salt)/kg of body weight. To achieve and maintain therapeutic blood quinine concentrations (10 mg/l) safely and rapidly, a consecutive-infusion regi...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1990
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