Clinical report - Fever and antipyretic use in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 580-587

  Sullivan, Janice E ^a   Farrar, Henry C ^a   Frattarelli, Daniel A C ^a   Galinkin, Jeffrey L ^a   Green, Thomas P ^a   Hegenbarth, Mary A ^a   Hudak, Mark L ^a   Knight, Matthew E ^a   Shaddy, Robert E ^a   Frick, Glen S ^a   Maxwell, Lynne G ^a   Paul, Ian M ^a   Pope, John F ^a   Wells, Thomas G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Antipyretics; Children; Fever

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUNSELING; FEVER; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; LIVER TOXICITY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LONG TERM CARE; MOTIVATION; PARENT COUNSELING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STRESS; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION; WELLBEING;

EID: 79952231366     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-3852     Document Type: Article

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