A Clinical trial to compare the Efficacy of Intrarectal versus Intravenous quinine in the Treatment of Childhood Cerebral Malaria in Mulago Hospital.

dc.creator	Achan, Jane
dc.date	2013-02-28T13:22:14Z
dc.date	2013-02-28T13:22:14Z
dc.date	2004
dc.date.accessioned	2018-09-04T12:33:06Z
dc.date.available	2018-09-04T12:33:06Z
dc.identifier
dc.identifier
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10570/1144
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10570/1144
dc.description	Malaria is by far the most tropical parasitic disease. It is responsible for up to 500 million episodes of infection, 2.7 million deaths and remains the makor cause of morbility and mortality in children, Malaria kills one child every 30 seconds worldwide, in absolute numbers, malaria kills 3000 children under 5 years per day worldwide. Children in sub-saharan africa bear the brunt of the disease.. Cerebral malaria is the most lethal form of complicated malaria. It contributes to over 25% of clinical complications of malaria in children admitted to Mulago Hospital woth a mortality of about 10%.
dc.language	en
dc.subject	Clinica Trial
dc.subject	Efficacy
dc.subject	Intrarectal
dc.subject	Intravenous Quinine
dc.subject	Childhood
dc.subject	Cerebral Malaria
dc.subject	Mulago Hospital
dc.title	A Clinical trial to compare the Efficacy of Intrarectal versus Intravenous quinine in the Treatment of Childhood Cerebral Malaria in Mulago Hospital.
dc.type	Thesis, masters

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