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| Year : 1988 | Volume
: 20
| Issue : 2 | Page : 194-197 |
Quinine induced hypoglycemia in vivax malaria
RP Kudyar, BS Charak, KL Gupta, VK Gupta
Correspondence Address:
R P Kudyar
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
1. Life-threatening hypoglycemia occurs in fulminant infections by Palsmodium falciparum and in patients treated with quinine and quinidine.
2. Quinine bihydrochloride was administered in thirty uncomplicated cases of vivax malaria.
3.Significant hypoglycemia occured in patients receiving quinine in saline infusion. Hypoglycemia did not ocurinpatients receiving quinine indextrose infusion. It is concluded that quinine should always be given in destrose infusion.
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