Journal article
An evaluation of rectal artesunate for the pre-hospital management of severe malaria
- Abstract:
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Introduction Severe falciparum malaria stills accounts for around half a million childhood deaths per year in sub-Saharan Africa. Prompt treatment of sick children close to home starting with artesunate given rectally by appropriately trained people can be lifesaving.
Areas covered Rectal artesunate (RAS) has been developed for use in the WHO approved strategy of pre-referral intervention. This review covers the formulation, pharmacokinetics, safet...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy Journal website
- Volume:
- 21
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 645-651
- Publication date:
- 2020-01-28
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-01-15
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1744-7666
- ISSN:
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1465-6566
- Pmid:
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31990585
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1085163
- Local pid:
- pubs:1085163
- Deposit date:
- 2020-06-03
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- Informa UK Limited
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Taylor & Francis at https://doi.org/10.1080/14656566.2020.1718108
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