Management of Malaria in Thailand
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
;
: 1-7, 2002.
Artículo
en Inglés
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-19918
ABSTRACT
The purpose of treatment for uncomplicated malaria is to produce a radical cure using the combination of artesunate (4 mg/kg/day) plus mefloquine (8 mg/kg day) for 3 days; a fixed dose of artemether and lumefantrine (20/120 mg tablet) named Coartem (4 tablets twice a day for three days for adults weighing more than 35 kg); quinine 10 mg/kg 8-hourly plus tetracycline 250 mg 6-hourly for 7 days (or doxycycline 200 mg as an alternative to tetracycline once a day for 7 days) in patients aged 8 years and over; Malarone (in adult 4 tablets daily for 3 days). In treating severe malaria, early diagnosis and treatment with a potent antimalarial drug is recommended to save the patients life. The antimalarial drugs of choice are intravenous quinine or a parenteral form of an artemisinin derivative (artesunate i.v./i.m. for 2.4 mg/kg followed by 1.2 mg/kg injection at 12 and 24 hr and then daily for 5 days; artemether i.m. 3.2 mg/kg injection followed by 1.6 mg/kg at 12 and 24 hrs and then daily for 5 days; arteether i.m. (Artemotil) with the same dose of artemether or artesunate suppository (5 mg/kg) given rectally 12 hourly for 3 days). Oral artemisinin derivatives (artesunate, artemether, and dihydroartemisinin with 4 mg/kg/day) could replace parenteral forms when patients can tolerate oral medication. Oral mefloquine (25 mg/kg divided into two doses 8 hrs apart) should be given at the end of the artemisinin treatment course to reduce recrudescence.
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Índice:
WPRIM (Pacífico Occidental)
Asunto principal:
Recurrencia
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Tailandia
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Factores de Tiempo
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Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad
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Esquema de Medicación
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Vías de Administración de Medicamentos
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Ensayos Clínicos como Asunto
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Quimioterapia Combinada
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Malaria
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Antimaláricos
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de tamizaje
Límite:
Adulto
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Niño
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Humanos
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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