SynthesisJournal of healthcare engineering2022
Comparison between Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen in the Treatment of Infectious Fever in Children: A Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in Journal of healthcare engineering, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 3 papers.
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Rift Valley fever: A zoonotic disease with global potential.Open veterinary journal · 2025Review
- Common Selfcare Indications of Pain Medications in Children.Paediatric drugs · 2023Review
- Retracted: Comparison between Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen in the Treatment of Infectious Fever in Children: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
- Retraction · 2023-01-11Concerns/Issues about Peer Review · Investigation by Journal/Publisher · · See also: https://pubpeer.com/publications/F479CAE31B70A4BEFE8ACAC6DFFFCF
- Retracted
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Abstract
Background: To evaluate ibuprofen and acetaminophen in the treatment of infectious fever in children. Methods: We searched randomized controlled trials and retrospective cohort studies comparing ibuprofen and acetaminophen in the treatment of infectious fever among children. Data were extracted from eligible studies. We sought to evaluate temperature after taking drugs in 1, 2, and 4 hours, respectively, and analyzed the adverse events. Results were expressed as mean difference(MD) and risk ratio (RR) with 95% confidence intervals. Results: Ten studies were included in this study with a total of 1773 patients. The results showed that acetaminophen had higher temperature than ibuprofen after 1 hour (The overall mean difference was -0.29 with 95% CI (-0.49, -0.09). The Conclusion: Our study suggested that ibuprofen is more effective than acetaminophen in children with infectious fever.
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