| dc.contributor |
Médecins Sans Frontières, Bangkok, Thailand. |
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| dc.creator |
Ponnet, M |
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| dc.creator |
Frederix, K |
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| dc.creator |
Petdachai, W |
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| dc.creator |
Wilson, D |
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| dc.creator |
Eksaengsri, A |
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| dc.creator |
Zachariah, R |
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| dc.date |
2005-06 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2017-01-31T07:09:10Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2017-01-31T07:09:10Z |
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| dc.identifier |
A Drug Dosage Table is a Useful Tool to Facilitate Prescriptions of Antiretroviral Drugs for Children in Thailand. 2005, 16 (6):420-6notInt J STD AIDS |
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| dc.identifier |
0956-4624 |
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| dc.identifier |
15969776 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/10144/17242 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://fieldresearch.msf.org/msf/handle/10144/17242 |
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| dc.identifier |
International Journal of STD & AIDS |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10144/17242 |
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| dc.description |
Scaling up of antiretroviral treatment (ART) for children in countries like Thailand will require decentralization and management by non-specialist doctors. We describe (a) the formulation of a standardized drug dosage table to facilitate antiretroviral drug (ARV) prescriptions for children, (b) the acceptability of such a table among doctors and (c) the safety and efficacy of drug doses in the table. Acceptability was assessed using a questionnaire. Safety and efficacy were assessed on the basis of incidence of adverse effects and virological response to treatment, respectively. Of all doctors (n=18), 17 (94%) found that the table was practical to use, avoided miscalculations and made them more confident with prescriptions. Of 49 children prescribed ARVs, less than 5% had adverse side-effects. All ARV-naïve children achieved undetectable viral loads within six months of ART. In our setting, a standardized drug dosage table provided a simple and reliable tool that facilitated ARV prescriptions for children. |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.relation |
http://ijsa.rsmjournals.com |
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| dc.rights |
Reproduced on this site with the permission of Royal Society of Medicine Press, London |
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| dc.title |
A Drug Dosage Table is a Useful Tool to Facilitate Prescriptions of Antiretroviral Drugs for Children in Thailand. |
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