Rectal paracetamol in small children with fever.
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37 febrile children aged between 3 months and 6 years were treated with paracetamol in a dose of 15--20 mg/kg by either oral elixir or rectal suppository. The rectal route was found to have an equal antipyretic effect and offers a practical alternative in those children for whom the oral route is not possible.20
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of disease in childhood
دوره 54 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1979