https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/6683
Tipo: | Artigo de Periódico |
Título: | The WHO dose pole for the administration of praziquantel is also accurate in non-African populations |
Título(s) alternativo(s): | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
Autor(es): | Montresor, Antonio Odermatt, Peter Muth, Sinuon Iwata, Fujihiko Raja’a, Y. A. Assis, Ana Marlucia de Oliveira Zulkifli, A. Kabatereine, N. B. Fenwick, A. Al-Awaidy, S. Allen, H. Engels, D. Savioli, L. |
Autor(es): | Montresor, Antonio Odermatt, Peter Muth, Sinuon Iwata, Fujihiko Raja’a, Y. A. Assis, Ana Marlucia de Oliveira Zulkifli, A. Kabatereine, N. B. Fenwick, A. Al-Awaidy, S. Allen, H. Engels, D. Savioli, L. |
Abstract: | In 2001, WHO developed a pole for the administration of praziquantel without the use of weighing scales, with encouraging results in African populations. In the present study, the pole was tested on height/weight data from 9354 individuals from 11 non-African countries. In more than 98% of the individuals (95% CI 97.8–98.4) the pole estimated an acceptable dosage (30–60 mg/kg), a performance statistically similar to that observed in African populations. Reproducing the present pole in the form of a strip of paper and including it in each container of praziquantel would greatly facilitate the administration of the drug in large-scale interventions. |
Palavras-chave: | Praziquantel Drug administration WHO dose pole |
Editora / Evento / Instituição: | Elsevier |
URI: | http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/6683 |
Data do documento: | 2005 |
Aparece nas coleções: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico (Faculdade de Medicina) |
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