Parenteral antimalarial drugs: availability in acute hospitals.

Fatal falciparum malaria and the availability of parenteral antimalarial drugs in hospitals.

The incidence of cases of malaria imported into the United Kingdom has increased.1 2 Early and appropriate treatment in Steroid-dependent patients are vulnerable to severe cases is vital, but hospital pharmacies may not always overwhelming infection with falciparum malaria stock parenteral antimalarial drugs. We report-on a case of fatal and other parasites. Parenteral antimalarial falciparum m...

Antimalarial drugs: availability and mode of prescribing in Mukalla, Yemen.

Malaria is one of the top health problems in Yemen. This study was done to evaluate the availabilit and prescribing of antimalarial drugs in Al-Mukalla city, based on the treatment guidelines of the National Malari Control Programme (NMCP). Chloroquine, quinine and sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine were the most availabl and prescribed antimalarial drugs in all 60 pharmacies (government and private) in...

Availability of antidotes at acute care hospitals in Ontario.

BACKGROUND Acutely poisoned patients sometimes require immediate treatment with an antidote, and delays in treatment can be fatal. We sought to determine the availability of 10 antidotes at acute care hospitals in Ontario. METHODS Mailed questionnaire with repeated reminders to pharmacy directors at all acute care hospitals in Ontario. RESULTS Responses were obtained from 179 (97%) of 184 h...

Effectiveness of antimalarial drugs.

Effectiveness of antimalarial drugs.