Table 6.
Duration of Administration of Drug for Complicated malaria
Variables | Duration in days | ||||||
Frequency (%) | |||||||
One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Seven | Total | |
Artemether | 9 (15.0) | 2 (3.3) | 49 (81.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 60 (100) |
Artesunate | 23 (25.0) | 15 (16.3) | 50 (54.3) | 2 (20.0) | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1.1) | 92 (100) |
Quinine | 5 (8.1) | 42 (67.7) | 7 (11.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.6) | 7 11.3) | 62 (100) |
Amodiaquine | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (100) |
ART-LUM | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (100) |
ART-AMO | 11 (80.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (100) |
Arthemeter | 0 (0.0) | 5 (17.9) | 19 (67.9) | 2 (7.1) | 2 (7.1) | 28 (100) | |
Artesunate | 19 (32.) | 32 (55.2) | 4 (6.9) | 1 (1.7) | 2 (3.4) | 58 (100) | |
Quinine | 2 (4.1) | 17 34.7) | 19 (38.8) | 0 (0.0) | 11(22.7) | 49 (100) | |
Amodaquine | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100) |
ART-LUM; Arthemeter-Lumefantrine; ART-AMO; Arthemeter -Amodiaquine.