Symptomatic Management of Fever by Swiss Board-Certified Pediatricians: Results From a Cross-Sectional, Web-Based Survey

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 250-256

  Lava, Sebastiano A G ^a,b   Simonetti, Giacomo D ^b   Ramelli, Gian Paolo ^a   Tschumi, Sibylle ^b   Bianchetti, Mario G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Childhood; Fever; Fever phobia; Ibuprofen; Paracetamol

Indexed keywords

HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; E-MAIL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOMATIC MANAGEMENT;

ANTIPYRETICS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEVER; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPECIALTY BOARDS; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856183379     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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