Ketoprofen versus Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) or ibuprofen in the management of fever: Results of two randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel-group, repeated-dose, multicentre, phase III studies in children

Clinical Drug Investigation

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 375-386

  Kokki, Hannu ^a   Kokki, Merja ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children; Fever; Ibuprofen; Ketoprofen; Paracetamol; Therapeutic use; Treatment

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FACE EDEMA; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH TEMPERATURE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYRUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; INFANT; KETOPROFEN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952038560     PISSN: 11732563     EISSN: 11791918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11534930-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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