Optimising the management of fever and pain in children

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL. 178, 2013, Pages 26-32

  Van Den Anker, J N ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; OTALGIA; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SORE THROAT; TOOTH PAIN;

EID: 84894255102     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcp.12056     Document Type: Review

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