Journal article
A safe and effective consecutive-infusion regimen for rapid quinine loading in severe falciparum malaria.
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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 regimen (7 mg of salt/kg of body weight over 30 min followed by 10 mg of salt/kg of body weight over 4 h) based on pharmacokinetic parameters in cerebral malaria has been suggested. This regimen was ev...
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- Publication status:
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- Journal:
- Journal of infectious diseases
- Volume:
- 161
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 1305-1308
- Publication date:
- 1990-06-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1537-6613
- ISSN:
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0022-1899
- Source identifiers:
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43383
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:43383
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- 1990
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