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| | Global status of chloroquine resistance |
 | | This maintenance dose should be repeated every 12 hours, calculated from the beginning of the previous infusion, until the patient can swallow, then quinine tablets, 10 mg salt/kg, 8-hourly to complete a 7-day course of treatment, or a single dose of 25 mg /kg sulfadoxine and 1.25 mg/kg pyrimethamine. |
 | | Alternatively, the loading dose can be administered as 7 mg salt/kg by IV infusion (or pump) over 30 minutes, followed immediately by 10 mg salt/kg diluted in 10 ml isotonic fluid/kg by IV infusion over 4 hours. |
 | | Measure blood glucose, give 50% dextrose injection 50 ml (1 ml/kg of body weight for children) followed by 5% or 10% dextrose infusion. |
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