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Clinical Trial
. 1979 Jun;54(6):469-70.
doi: 10.1136/adc.54.6.469.

Rectal paracetamol in small children with fever

S Vernon, C Bacon, D Weightman
Clinical Trial

Rectal paracetamol in small children with fever

S Vernon et al. Arch Dis Child. 1979 Jun.

Abstract

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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