Table 5.
Dosages of Drugs Prescribed or administered for complicated malaria
| Variables | ROA | Dosage | First choice | Second choice |
| Arthemeter | I.M | 2.4mg/kg | 52 (86.6) | 7 (25.9) |
| 3.2mg/kg | 5 (8.3) | 19 (70.4) | ||
| 1.6 mg/kg | 1 (1.7) | |||
| 80mg | 1(1.7) | |||
| 150mg | 1 (1.7) | |||
| 20mg/kg | 1 (3.7) | |||
| Artesunate | IV | 2.4mg/kg | 57 (63.3) | 42 (69.8) |
| 3mg/kg | 20 (22.2) | 17 (27.9) | ||
| 30mg | 1 (1.1) | |||
| 3.2mg/kg | 11 (12.3) | 1 (1.6) | ||
| 1.2mg/kg | 1 (1.1) | |||
| 2mg/kg | 1 (1.6) | |||
| Quinine | IV | 20mg/kg | 50 (80.6) | 57 (91.9) |
| IV | 10mg/kg | 4 (6.5) | 1 (1.6) | |
| Oral | 600mg | 6 (9.7) | ||
| Oral | 300mg | 2 (3.2) | ||
| 60mg | 3 (4.9) | |||
| 2.4mg/kg | 1 (1.6) | |||
| Amodiaquine | Oral | 2.4mg/kg | 10 (100.0) | |
| Artemether-Lumefantrine | Oral | 20mg + 120mg | 3 (100.0) | |
| Artesunate — amodiaquine | Oral | 10mg/kg + 4mg/kg |
13 (100) | |
| Chloroquine | I.M | 25mg/kg | 10 (100) | |
| Artemether | 3.2mg/kg | 19 (70.4) | ||
| 2.4mg/kg | 7 (25.9) | |||
| 20mg/kg | 1 (3.7) |
ROA: route of administration; I.M: intramuscular; IV: intravenous