PISA. The effect of paracetamol (acetaminophen) and ibuprofen on body temperature in acute stroke: Protocol for a phase II double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial [ISRCTN98608690]

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  van Breda, Eric J ^a   van der Worp, Bart ^b   van Gemert, Maarten ^c   Meijer, Ron ^a   Kappelle, Jaap ^b   Koudstaal, Peter J ^a   Dippel, Diederik W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c EEMLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SEPSIS; THERMOMETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEVER; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0012356359     PISSN: 14712261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-2-7     Document Type: Article

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