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## ABSTRACT **Objectives:** The aim of the present review was to determine whether the best available evidence supports the types and timing of the various nursing interventions that are commonly used to reduce fever in non‐critically‐ill children, and to what extent the outcomes are influenced by these nursing actions. **Methods:** Studies included were randomised or quasi‐randomised controlled trials that involved non‐critically‐ill children with a fever aged between 3 months and 16 years. The search strategy sought to identify both published and unpublished research reports in the English language and covered all major databases up to 1998. The methodological quality of each study was assessed by two independent reviewers using a piloted critical appraisal checklist. Despite all studies being randomised, heterogeneity precluded conduction of a meta‐analysis; therefore, evidence was synthesised using narrative summaries. **Results:** Ten studies were assessed as being of sufficient quality to be included in the review. These studies addressed two of the intervention categories identified in the protocol: (i) administration of antipyretics (paracetamol); and (ii) direct cooling me

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Author

Robin Watts; Jeanette Robertson; Gail Thomas

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1322-7114)

Published

2003

Language

EN

Field

Health Professions (Health Sciences)