Paracetamol plus ibuprofen for the treatment of fever in children (PITCH): Economic evaluation of a randomised controlled trial

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7672, 2008, Pages 734-737

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

APPETITE; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53049104957     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a1490     Document Type: Article

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