Paracetamol plus ibuprofen for the treatment of fever in children (PITCH): Randomised controlled trial

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7672, 2008, Pages 729-733

  Hay, Alastair D ^a   Costelloe, Céire ^a   Redmond, Niamh M ^a   Montgomery, Alan A ^a   Fletcher, Margaret ^b   Hollinghurst, Sandra ^a   Peters, Tim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 53049101018     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a1302     Document Type: Article

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