Tepid sponging and dipyrone versus dipyrone alone for reduction of body temperature in febrile children

INTERVENTION: Dipyrone (20 mg/Kg) oral syrup by mouth at the beginning of the study and tepid sponging during 15 minutes CONDITION: Fever in children Treatment of fever PRIMARY OUTCOME: Axillary temperatures was the primary outcome and it was measured with a mercury‐in‐glass thermometer SECONDARY OUTCOME: Crying INCLUSION CRITERIA: Children attended between 5:00 h p.m and 7:00 h p.m. and aged from 6 to 60 months with an axillary temperature of between 38.5 C and 40 C and a clinical diagnosis consistent with upper respiratory tract infections (URTI). Able to stay in the emergency ward for at least two hours.