Acute fever

Pediatrics in Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-14

  Avner, Jeffrey R ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PROSTAGLANDIN E; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALLERGIC REACTION; BACTEREMIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEVER; HUMAN; HYDRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; THERMOREGULATION; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; ARTICLE; HYPOTHALAMUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHILD; FEVER; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS;

EID: 65649092044     PISSN: 01919601     EISSN: 15263347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/pir.30-1-5     Document Type: Review

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