title: Rectal paracetamol in small children with fever.
abstract: 37 febrile children aged between 3 months and 6 years were treated with paracetamol in a dose of 15--20 mg/kg by either oral elixir or rectal suppository. The rectal route was found to have an equal antipyretic effect and offers a practical alternative in those children for whom the oral route is not possible.20
mesh_terms: D000082:Acetaminophen / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000284:Administration, Oral; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005334:Fever / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011897:Random Allocation; D012007:Rectum; D013488:Suppositories
chemical_list: D013488:Suppositories; D000082:Acetaminophen