A randomized clinical trial to check the antipyretic efficacy of oral and intravenous paracetamol and intramuscular diclofenac sodium in patients presenting with fever to emergency department.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
434
after giving medicine temperature is checked every 30 minutes for 2 hours
after giving medicine temperature is checked every 30 minutes for 2 hours
after giving medicine temperature is checked every 30 minutes for 2 hours
Hamad medical corporation
Doha, Qatar
Reduction in temperature in every thirty minutes till 120 minutes after receiving antipyretics
Once the patients fulfill the inclusion criteria, they are randomly assigned to receive one of the three medications in the study ( oral paracetamol, intravenous paracetamol or intramuscular diclofenac). Baseline temperature is recorded using a standard thermometer. Then reduction in temperature is recorded every 30 minutes for 2 hours.
Time frame: Reduction in temperature is checked every 30 minutes for a maximum of 120 minutes
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