Table 4 Anti-malarial drugs prescription in children with a positive malaria test across 5 Kenyan County Hospitals
From: Malaria investigation and treatment of children admitted to county hospitals in western Kenya
Type of anti-malarial | Overall (n = 6745) (%) | Hospitals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H1 (n = 1642) (%) | H3 (n = 1760) (%) | H7 (n = 909) (%) | H8 (n = 1347) (%) | H13 (n = 1087) (%) | ||
Quinine | 3184 (47.2) | 1075 (65.5) | 946 (53.8) | 587 (64.9) | 13 (1.0) | 563 (51.8) |
Artesunate | 3108 (46.1) | 478 (29.1) | 739 (42.0) | 244 (26.8) | 1199 (89.0) | 448 (41.2) |
Quinine and artesunate | 158 (2.3) | 56 (3.4) | 26 (1.5) | 54 (5.9) | 2 (0.2) | 20 (1.8) |
Coartem (Artemether-lumefantrine) | 250 (3.7) | 33 (2.0) | 18 (1.0) | 19 (2.1) | 124 (9.2) | 56 (5.2) |
Other anti-malarialsa | 45 (0.7) | 0 | 31 (1.8) | 5 (0.6) | 9 (0.7) | 0 |