Is physical cooling the first choice for children with fever?
No medical authority recommend physical cooling as the preferred way to defervesce, why is that?The American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines [1] emphasize that unless ultra-hyperpyrexia,fever itself is not harmful to the child, and it even facilitates the fight against infection. It is thought that when the temperature exceeds 39°C, children will feel unwell. Conversely, when ...