Falciparum malaria treated with a chloroquine suspension administered rectally in Trinidad
Mona; Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies; 1994. 1 (p. 26)
Monografia
em Inglês
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| ID: med-16266
Biblioteca responsável:
TT5
Localização: TT5; QV 256 F178 1994
ABSTRACT
A new mode of administering malaria chemotherapy to patients unable to tolerate oral medication is described. A patient with Plasmodium falciparum malaria, severe hyponatraemia and hypokalemia who regurgitated oral treatment of chloroquine phosphate and pyrimethamine and sulfadoxine (Fansidar) is presented. But neither chloroquine nor quinine intravenous formulations were available locally. As the patient was deteriorating, a suspension of chloroquine phosphate was prepared and administered rectally, resulting in a decline in the level of parasitaemia from ++++ to ++ within 48 hours. The patient improved, and further clinical management was uncomplicated (AU)
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
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Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Meta 3.3: Acabar com as doenças tropicais negligenciadas e combater as doenças transmissíveis
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Malária
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Doenças Negligenciadas
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Trinidad e Tobago
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Administração Retal
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Cloroquina
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Resultado do Tratamento
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Malária Falciparum
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Região do Caribe
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Hipopotassemia
Limite:
Adulto
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe Inglês
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Trinidad e Tobago
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
1994
Tipo de documento:
Monografia