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Artesunate versus quinine for treatment of severe falciparum malaria: a randomised trial.

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Artesunate should become the treatment of choice for severe falciparum malaria in adults because it is more rapidly acting than intravenous quinine in terms of parasite clearance and is simpler to administer.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2005-01-01. It has received 944 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Artesunate & Quinine.

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TL;DR: Trimetazidine is indicated in adults as add-on therapy for the symptomatic treatment of patients with stable angina pectoris who are inadequately controlled by or intolerant to first-line antianginal therapies.
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Qinghaosu (artemisinin): the price of success.

TL;DR: Artemisinin combination treatments are now first-line drugs for uncomplicated falciparum malaria, but access to ACTs is still limited in most malaria-endemic countries and a global subsidy would make these drugs more affordable and available.
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Quinine, an old anti-malarial drug in a modern world: role in the treatment of malaria

TL;DR: In pregnancy, quinine continues to play a critical role in the management of malaria, especially in the first trimester, and it will remain a mainstay of treatment until safer alternatives become available.
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Interaction revisited: the difference between two estimates

Douglas G. Altman, +1 more
- 25 Jan 2003 - 
TL;DR: Interference is considered in terms of heterogeneity of treatment effect in subgroups in a randomised trial, such as two age groups, and interaction more generally.
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Artesunate combinations for treatment of malaria: meta-analysis

TL;DR: The addition of 3 days of artesunate to standard antimalarial treatments substantially reduce treatment failure, recrudescence, and gametocyte carriage.
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The Treatment of Malaria

TL;DR: Clinical manifestations of severe malaria are hypoglycemia, convulsions, severe anemia, acute renal failure, jaundice, pulmonary edema, cerebral malaria, shock, and acidosis.
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Severe Hypoglycemia and Hyperinsulinemia in Falciparum Malaria

TL;DR: Observations indicate that in falciparum malaria quinine-induced insulin secretion may precipitate hypoglycemia, but other factors, including the large glucose requirements of the malaria parasites may also contribute.
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A controlled trial of artemether or quinine in Vietnamese adults with severe falciparum malaria.

TL;DR: Artemether is a satisfactory alternative to quinine for the treatment of severe malaria in adults in Vietnam and is associated with a higher risk of hypoglycemia, but there were no other serious side effects in either group.
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