Infant acceptance of a bitter-tasting liquid medication: A randomized controlled trial comparing the rx medibottle with an oral syringe

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-188

  Purswani, Murli U ^a   Radhakrishnan, Jolly ^b   Irfan, Khudsia R ^b   Walter Glickman, Cynthia ^b   Hagmann, Stefan ^b   Neugebauer, Richard ^b  

^a BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

BITTER TASTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SATISFACTION; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

EID: 59949089782     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2008.541     Document Type: Short Survey

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