03148nam 2200637Ia 450 991045990960332120200520144314.01-282-76086-6978661276086092-4-068540-5(CKB)2670000000037971(EBL)579094(OCoLC)662259089(SSID)ssj0000419098(PQKBManifestationID)11267822(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419098(PQKBWorkID)10382421(PQKB)11500474(MiAaPQ)EBC579094(Au-PeEL)EBL579094(CaPaEBR)ebr10411824(CaONFJC)MIL276086(EXLCZ)99267000000003797120100921d2010 uf 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGuidelines for the treatment of malaria[electronic resource] /World Health Organization2nd ed.Geneva World Health Organizationc20101 online resource (207 p.)Nonseral PublicationExecutive summary contains : 1. Reccomendations unchanged from the first edition of the Guidelines (2006) and 2. Additional recommendations in the second edition of the Guidelines (2010).92-4-154792-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; Contents; GLOSSARY; ABBREVIATIONS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CLINICAL DISEASE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY; 3. OBJECTIVES OF TREATMENT; 4. RESISTANCE TO ANTIMALARIAL MEDICINES; 5. ANTIMALARIAL TREATMENT POLICY; 6. DIAGNOSIS OF MALARIA; 7. TREATMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED P. FALCIPARUM MALARIA; 8. TREATMENT OF SEVERE P. FALCIPARUM MALARIA; 9. TREATMENT OF MALARIA CAUSED BY P. VIVAX, P. OVALE OR P. MALARIAE; 11. COMPLEX EMERGENCIES AND EPIDEMICS; 12. CASE MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXTOF MALARIA ELIMINATION; 13. MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIST OF ANNEXES; INDEXMalaria control requires an integrated approach, including prevention (primarily vector control) and prompt treatment with effective antimalarials. Since the publication of the first edition of these Guidelinesin 2006, most of the countries where P. Falciparum is endemic have progressively updated treatment policies from the failing chloroquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine to the recommended artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs); this is the best current treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria. Unfortunately, the implementation of these policies has lagged behind due to varioNonseral PublicationMalariaChemotherapyAntimalarialsMalariaDiagnosisElectronic books.MalariaChemotherapy.Antimalarials.MalariaDiagnosis.616.9362World Health Organization.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459909603321Guidelines for the treatment of malaria1917966UNINA