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The use of diazepam in chloroquine poisoning
Author(s) -
RAJAH A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1990.tb14629.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diazepam , chloroquine , anesthesia , medical emergency , traditional medicine , malaria , pathology
Summary A 39‐year‐old patient was found to be unconscious after having taken 2.5 g of chloroquine. Treatment consisted mainly of gastric lavage and diazepam. Experimental and clinical evidence is presented to show that diazepam in varying doses significantly decreases the mortality rate.