Alternating acetaminophen and ibuprofen

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-128

  Shortridge, Lindsay ^a   Harris, Venita ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; NIMESULIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEVER; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34247394090     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/12.2.127     Document Type: Short Survey

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