Table 2 Mean number of monitoring activities per patient receiving artesunate or quinine
From: Cost of treating inpatient falciparum malaria on the Thai-Myanmar border
Monitoring activities | Artesunate | Quinine | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Blood pressure | 13 | 23 | 0.02 |
Pulse rate and temperature | 20 | 31 | 0.08 |
Respiratory rate | 21 | 31 | 0.09 |
Number of fluid intake/output recordings | 3 | 5 | 0.06 |
Number of pages of notes recorded by nurses | 4 | 6 | 0.14 |
Number of pages of notes recorded by physicians | 3 | 6 | 0.002 |