Cochrane in context: Combined and alternating paracetamol and ibuprofen therapy for febrile children

Evidence-Based Child Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 730-732

  Wong, Tiffany ^a   Stang, Antonia S ^b   Ganshorn, Heather ^c   Hartling, Lisa ^d   Maconochie, Ian K ^e   Thomsen, Anna M ^f   Johnson, David W ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Department of Pediatrics   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Combined and alternating therapy; Febrile children

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEVER; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; NOTE; PATIENT COMFORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG COMBINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANTIPYRETICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEVER; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84927510052     PISSN: 20404050     EISSN: 15576272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ebch.1979     Document Type: Note

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