background: the superiority of antipyretic efficacy of high dose rectal acetaminophen is not well established yet. objectives: the present study aimed to compare the antipyretic effectiveness of high loading dose (30 mg/kg) and standard dose (15mg/kg) of rectal acetaminophen in febrile children. patients and methods: this triple blind randomized clinical trial was conducted on 76 patients aged ...

Background When a child’s body temperature rises, most parents become very worried that high fever may harm the child; in this study, knowledge and performance of the parents at the time of fever in children and how they act when encountering children’s fever were studied. Materials and Methods  In this cross-sectional descriptive study, samples (300 parents of children under 10 years) were se...

objective: to investigate microorganisms causing bacteremia in jordanian children and to assess their sensitivity to various groups of antimicrobials. methods: a retrospective study was conducted on positive blood cultures taken from 378 children aged below 15 year, who sought medical attention at princess rahmah hospital between january and december/2008. results: out of 4475 tested blood samp...

BACKGROUND Fever is common in children aged 0-4 years old and often leads to parental worries and in turn, high use of healthcare services. Educating parents may have beneficial effects on their sense of coping and fever management. Most parents receive information when their child is ill but it might be more desirable to educate parents in the setting of well-child clinics prior to their child...