A randomized placebo-controlled trial of acetaminophen for prevention of post-vaccination fever in infants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Jackson, Lisa A ^a   Peterson, Do ^a   Dunn, John ^a   Hambidge, Simon J ^b   Dunstan, Maya ^a   Starkovich, Patty ^a   Yu, Onchee ^a   Benoit, Joyce ^a   Dominguez Islas, Clara P ^a   Carste, Barbara ^a   Benson, Patti ^a   Nelson, Jennifer C ^a,c  

^a GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PERTUSSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RISK REDUCTION; VACCINATION; VACCINATION REACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PLACEBOS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 79959214434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020102     Document Type: Article

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