Update of the 2009 Italian Pediatric Society Guidelines About Management of Fever in Children

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Chiappini, Elena ^a   Venturini, Elisabetta ^a   Principi, Nicola ^b   Longhi, Riccardo ^c   Tovo, Pier Angelo ^d   Becherucci, Paolo ^e   Bonsignori, Francesca ^a   Esposito, Susanna ^b   Festini, Filippo ^a   Galli, Luisa ^a   Lucchesi, Bice ^f   Mugelli, Alessandro ^g   de Martino, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e Primary Care Practice   (Italy)

^f Health Authority 1   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antipyretic; Children; Fever; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSENSUS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRONIC THERMOMETER; FEVER; HUMAN; INFRARED THERMOMETER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDLINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84863822601     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2012.06.011     Document Type: Article

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