ANTIMALARIAL MEDICATIONS

Course overview

WHEN TREATING PATIENTS SUSPECTED OF HAVING MALARIA, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT TREATMENT DOES NOT INITIATE UNTIL THE DIAGNOSIS OF MALARIA HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. THE OBVIOUS EXCEPTION IS WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION TO TREAT SUSPECTED MALARIA IS IF THE PATIENT SHOWS SIGNS OF SEVERE MALARIA, AND CLINICAL SUSPICION FOR MALARIA IS HIGH. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE INDICATIONS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, ADVERSE EVENTS, AND OTHER KEY ELEMENTS OF ANTIMALARIAL THERAPY IN THE CLINICAL SETTING AS RELATES TO THE ESSENTIAL POINTS NEEDED BY MEMBERS OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM MANAGING THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH A MALARIAL INFECTION THAT REQUIRE TREATMENT.