Aspirin Use in Children for Fever or Viral Syndromes

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Title:	Aspirin Use in Children for Fever or Viral Syndromes
Author:	Beutler, Anthony I.; Chesnut, Gregory T.; Mattingly, John C.; Jamieson, Barbara
Keywords:	antipyretics Kawasaki disease juvenile arthritides
Date:	2009-12
Publisher:	Family Physicians Inquiries Network
Citation:	American Family Physician, 80(12) 2009.
Abstract:	Aspirin should not be used to treat acute febrile viral illness in children. (Strength of Recommendation [SOR]: C, based on case- control studies). Although no causal link has been proven, data from case-control and historic cohort studies demonstrate an association between aspirin use and Reye syndrome.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4007