Ketorolac versus acetaminophen for treatment of acute fever in the emergency department

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1171-1173

  Houry, Debra ^a,c   Ernst, Amy ^a,b   Weiss, Steven ^a,b   Ledbetter, Melinda ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033375438     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199912000-00007     Document Type: Article

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