Multi-Country Evaluation of Safety of Dihydroartemisinin/Piperaquine Post-Licensure in African Public Hospitals with Electrocardiograms
PloS one; 10 (11), 2016
The antimalarial drug piperaquine is associated with delayed ventricular depolarization, causing prolonged QT interval (time taken for ventricular de-polarisation and re-polarisation). There is a lack of safety data regarding dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine (DHA/PPQ) for the treatment of uncomplicated mal...
Antimaláricos/metabolismo, Artemisininas/farmacologia, Coração/efeitos dos fármacos, Quinolinas/farmacologia, Antimaláricos/farmacologia, Antimaláricos/uso terapêutico, Artemisininas/uso terapêutico, População Negra, Contagem de Células Sanguíneas, Análise Química do Sangue, Burkina Faso, Eletrocardiografia, Malária/terapia, Moçambique/etnologia