EVALUATION OF SPONGING TO REDUCE BODY-TEMPERATURE IN FEBRILE CHILDREN
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 132 (6) , 641-642
Abstract
The efficacy of sponging was evaluated as a way of reducing body temperature in febrile children. Of 130 children 73 received antipyretic medication and sponging and 57 received antipyretic medication alone. No difference in temperature reduction was noted between the 2 groups. Sponging should be abandoned as a mode of temperature reduction in febrile children whose increased temperature is due to an infectious process.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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