Physical treatment of fever

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Abstract

Fever is a common symptom of childhood illness, and much time and effort is spent in the pursuit of reducing high temperature. Although antipyretic drugs are the main form of treatment, this report considers the part that physical treatments might play in reducing the temperature of febrile children. Such treatments include tepid sponging, removing clothing, and cooling the environment. Of these treatments, tepid sponging has been studied most extensively, as an addition to paracetamol, but seems to offer little advantage over paracetamol alone. It is likely that other methods might be equally ineffective because they all rely on similar methods of heat loss.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)238 - 239
Number of pages2
JournalArchives of Disease in Childhood
Volume82
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2000

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