Effectiveness of a single dose of oral vs rectal paracetamol in reducing fever in children aged between 2 to 6 years – A Randomized Controlled Single Blind Trial
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Fever
- Registration Number
- SLCTR/2017/025
- Lead Sponsor
- District General Hospital Gampha, Sri Lanka
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
1.Children aged between 2-6 years admitted to the study site
2.Duration of fever for a maximum of 3 days, irrespective of the cause of fever and irrespective of prior administration of any anti-pyretic or any other medicines
3.Documented axillary temperature > 100° F at the time of recruitment
Exclusion Criteria
1.Children with known allergy to paracetamol
2.Conditions that preclude oral (example: vomiting) rectal (example: diarrhoea) administration of medicines
3.Children with reduced level of consciousness
4.Children who had possible overdose of paracetamol
5.Children who had any anti pyretic within 8 hours of admission
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time taken to fever reduction by at least 1°C (rate of temperature reduction) [At 15, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 and 180 minutes from administration]<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Maximum antipyresis following administration of single dose of paracetamol within 3 hours time. [Fro administration to 180 minutes from administration]<br>