Severe Malaria Injectable Dose: Artesunate, Artemether, Quinine (WHO 2026)
Gives the WHO injectable antimalarial dose for severe malaria at a weight.
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Example
- Drug: artesunate, artemether or quinine
- Artesunate, IV or IM
- Weight in kg
- 18
Result: Artesunate 54 mg per dose for 18 kg (3 mg/kg, the dose under 20 kg), IV or IM, at admission, 12 hours and 24 hours, then once a day.
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What you enter
- Drug: artesunate, artemether or quinine
- Weight in kg
How this is calculated
Citation
World Health Organization. WHO guidelines for malaria, 10 September 2026. doi:10.2471/B09879. Section 5.2.2, severe malaria (pp. 216-219). Dose times from WHO. Management of severe malaria: a practical handbook. 3rd ed. 2012, p. 41. Read the source ↗
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