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Tepid sponging and paracetamol for reduction of body temperature in febrile children
Author(s) -
Bernath Vivienne F,
Anderson Jeremy N,
Silagy Chris A
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04321.x
Subject(s) - officer , citation , library science , health care , medicine , psychology , political science , law , computer science
A general practitioner noted that the Australian immunisation handbook1 stated that “tepid sponging of children to reduce a fever of < 41°C is no longer routinely recommended, as there is no evidence to support the efficacy of this practice”. He asked whether tepid sponging is effective in lowering a raised body temperature, and whether paracetamol might be more effective in reducing body temperature if combined with tepid sponging.