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Effectiveness of warm compresses in reducing the temperature of febrile children: A pilot randomized clinical trial (*)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of the application of a warm compress in association with the prescribed antipyretic drug compared to the effect of the prescribed antipyretic alone, in reducing fever in hospitalized children. METHOD: This is a pilot randomized clinical trial performed in pediatric...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10081614/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36219590 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-220X-REEUSP-2022-0168en |
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author | de Souza, Mariana Vieira de Souza, Danton Matheus Damião, Elaine Buchhorn Cintra Buchhorn, Soraia Matilde Marques Rossato, Lisabelle Mariano Salvetti, Marina de Goés |
author_facet | de Souza, Mariana Vieira de Souza, Danton Matheus Damião, Elaine Buchhorn Cintra Buchhorn, Soraia Matilde Marques Rossato, Lisabelle Mariano Salvetti, Marina de Goés |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of the application of a warm compress in association with the prescribed antipyretic drug compared to the effect of the prescribed antipyretic alone, in reducing fever in hospitalized children. METHOD: This is a pilot randomized clinical trial performed in pediatric units of a secondary-level hospital. The convenience sample consisted of 33 children with axillary temperature greater than or equal to 37.8°C (100°F), randomized to the control group (antipyretics) or intervention group (antipyretics + warm compresses). Temperature was monitored in both groups for 3 hours and data were collected using standardized instruments, analyzed using Mann Whitney, Fisher’s Exact, Chi-Square, and ANOVA tests. RESULTS: The control group consisted of 17 children and the intervention group of 16 children. The temperature of all children decreased over time, with progressive attenuation, with a lower final mean in the control group (p=0.035). In the intervention group, irritability and crying were observed in 12.5% of the children. CONCLUSION: The application of warm compresses in association with antipyretics was not effective in reducing fever in hospitalized children compared to the use of pharmacological measures alone. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION PROTOCOL: UTN-U1111-1229-1599. |
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spelling | pubmed-100816142023-04-14 Effectiveness of warm compresses in reducing the temperature of febrile children: A pilot randomized clinical trial (*) de Souza, Mariana Vieira de Souza, Danton Matheus Damião, Elaine Buchhorn Cintra Buchhorn, Soraia Matilde Marques Rossato, Lisabelle Mariano Salvetti, Marina de Goés Rev Esc Enferm USP Original Article OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of the application of a warm compress in association with the prescribed antipyretic drug compared to the effect of the prescribed antipyretic alone, in reducing fever in hospitalized children. METHOD: This is a pilot randomized clinical trial performed in pediatric units of a secondary-level hospital. The convenience sample consisted of 33 children with axillary temperature greater than or equal to 37.8°C (100°F), randomized to the control group (antipyretics) or intervention group (antipyretics + warm compresses). Temperature was monitored in both groups for 3 hours and data were collected using standardized instruments, analyzed using Mann Whitney, Fisher’s Exact, Chi-Square, and ANOVA tests. RESULTS: The control group consisted of 17 children and the intervention group of 16 children. The temperature of all children decreased over time, with progressive attenuation, with a lower final mean in the control group (p=0.035). In the intervention group, irritability and crying were observed in 12.5% of the children. CONCLUSION: The application of warm compresses in association with antipyretics was not effective in reducing fever in hospitalized children compared to the use of pharmacological measures alone. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION PROTOCOL: UTN-U1111-1229-1599. Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem 2022-10-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10081614/ /pubmed/36219590 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-220X-REEUSP-2022-0168en Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article de Souza, Mariana Vieira de Souza, Danton Matheus Damião, Elaine Buchhorn Cintra Buchhorn, Soraia Matilde Marques Rossato, Lisabelle Mariano Salvetti, Marina de Goés Effectiveness of warm compresses in reducing the temperature of febrile children: A pilot randomized clinical trial (*) |
title | Effectiveness of warm compresses in reducing the temperature of febrile children: A pilot randomized clinical trial
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title_full | Effectiveness of warm compresses in reducing the temperature of febrile children: A pilot randomized clinical trial
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title_fullStr | Effectiveness of warm compresses in reducing the temperature of febrile children: A pilot randomized clinical trial
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title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness of warm compresses in reducing the temperature of febrile children: A pilot randomized clinical trial
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title_short | Effectiveness of warm compresses in reducing the temperature of febrile children: A pilot randomized clinical trial
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title_sort | effectiveness of warm compresses in reducing the temperature of febrile children: a pilot randomized clinical trial
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topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10081614/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36219590 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-220X-REEUSP-2022-0168en |
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