Associated treatment of cerebral malaria
- Author:
Nguyen Manh Tuan
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Malaria
- MeSH:
Malaria;
drug therapy;
disease;
Therapeutics;
Malaria, Cerebral
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2003;2():17-19
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Celebral malaria is the most common complications of plasmodium falciparum with a mortality of 20-50%. Apart from special chemotherapy, some additional therapies were applied. Fever relief: in addition of physical method of hypothermy, ventilation, freezing compress, ... paracetamol is recommended. Antiseizure: intravenous diazepam can be infected slowly with 10mg in adults and 0,15mg/kg in children. Blood replaced perfusion is rather an increase of parasite count than a simple special medication, safely regulating severe anemia in patient with circulation overload is recommended only for very severe subjects, with very high level of parasity in blood
