Abstract

ALPIZAR CABALLERO, Lourdes B.  and  MEDINA HERRERA, Esther E.. Efectos nocivos de la fiebre en el niño y medidas terapéuticas. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 1998, vol.70, n.4, pp. 177-184. ISSN 1561-3119.

Several interesting considerations for the use of the antipyretic treatment, and of the pharmacological and physical methods in antipyresis, are analyzed with the aim of giving information to pediatricians, residents, and physicians specialized in Integral General Medicine about the main current trends in the management and therapeutic behaviour in the febrile child. In the pharmacological method the three main groups of antipyretic medicines are present: salicylates, aminophenols, and propionic acid derivatives. Doses, contraindications, and side effects of such are exposed. Adverse effects of the fever in the child, damage to the central nervous system, affectation of other organs and systems, and general indisposition, are pointed out.

Keywords : FEVER [complications]; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC [therapeutic use]; FEVER [therapy].

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