Efficacy of Standard Doses of Ibuprofen Alone, Alternating, and Combined With Acetaminophen for the Treatment of Febrile Children

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2433-2440

  Paul, Ian M ^a   Sturgis, Sarah A ^a   Yang, Chengwu ^a   Engle, Linda ^a   Watts, Heidi ^a   Berlin, Cheston M ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Antipyretic; Fever; Ibuprofen

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG DOSE SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIPYRETICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; INFANT; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951847405     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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