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Prophylactic paracetamol for the prevention of fever in children receiving vaccination as part of a standard childhood immunization schedule

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012655Copy DOI
Database:
  1. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Version published:
  1. 05 May 2017see what's new
Type:
  1. Intervention
Stage:
  1. Protocol
Cochrane Editorial Group:
  1. Cochrane Gut Group

Copyright:
  1. Copyright © 2017 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Authors

  • Richard Kirubakaran

    Correspondence to: Cochrane South Asia, Prof. BV Moses Center for Evidence‐Informed Health Care and Health Policy, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

    [email protected]

  • Anand Viswanathan

    Cochrane South Asia, Prof. BV Moses Center for Evidence‐Informed Health Care and Health Policy, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

  • Rajeev Z Kompithra

    Department of Child Health, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Contributions of authors

Conceiving the protocol: RK, AV, RZK

Designing the protocol: RK, AV, RZK

Coordinating the protocol: RK, AV, RZK

Designing search strategies: Child Health Field Information Specialist

Writing the protocol: RK; AV and RZK

Providing general advice on the protocol: RZK

Performing previous work that was the foundation of the current study: RZK

Sources of support

Internal sources

  • Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.

    Salary and logistic support for RZK and logistic support for RK and AV.

External sources

  • UKaid (Department for International Development), UK.

    Grant to Cochrane South Asia via the Effective Health Care Research Consortium (EHCRC), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM)

Declarations of interest

Richard Kirubakaran: none known

Anand Viswanathan: none known

Rajeev Z Kompithra: none known

Acknowledgements

We acknowledge the help and support of the Cochrane Upper Gastrointestinal Diseases Review Group, Musculoskeletal Group, and Child Health Field. The authors would also like to thank the following editors and peer referees who provided comments to improve the protocol: Joan Robinson (Editor), Ben Vandermeer, Michael Steiner, Noni Macdonald and Helen Castledine and to Ann Jones for copy editing the protocol.

The methods section of this protocol is based on a standard template used by Cochrane Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Diseases Review Group.

Version history

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2017 May 05

Prophylactic paracetamol for the prevention of fever in children receiving vaccination as part of a standard childhood immunization schedule

Protocol

Richard Kirubakaran, Anand Viswanathan, Rajeev Z Kompithra

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012655