The nurse, working in a pediatric clinic, admits a patient who will be traveling to a country where malaria is endemic. What is the safest treatment for this child?
A) No prophylaxis is administered because of the severity of adverse effects.
B) Call the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or local health department for the safest possible treatment.
C) Administer extremely small doses of chloroquine.
D) Any antimalarials in appropriate dosages can be administered.
B
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Although dosages for prophylaxis have been calculated to treat malaria in children, many drugs have not been proven to be safe and efficient in that population and extreme caution is needed .If a child needs to travel to an area with endemic protozoal infections, the CDC or local health department should be consulted about the safest possible preventive measures. As a result, the other options are incorrect.
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