Pharmacokinetics and anticonvulsant effects of diazepam in children with severe falciparum malaria and convulsions.

AIMS: Convulsions are a common complication of severe malaria in children and are associated with poor outcome. Diazepam is used to terminate convulsions but its pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics have not been studied in this group. Accordingly, we carried out a comparative study of the pharmac...

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Autors principals: Ogutu, B, Newton, C, Crawley, J, Muchohi, SN, Otieno, G, Edwards, G, Marsh, K, Kokwaro, G
Format: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicat: 2002