Comparative Analysis of Single and Combined Antipyretics Using Patient-Generated Health Data: Retrospective Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fever is one of the most common symptoms in children and is the physiological response of the human immune system to external pathogens. However, effectiveness studies of single and combined antipyretic therapy are relatively few due to lack of data. In this study, we used large-scale patient-generated health data from mobile apps to compare antipyretic affects between single and combination antipyretics.

Objective

We aimed to establish combination patterns of antipyretics and compare antipyretic affects between single and combination antipyretics using large-scale patient-generated health data from mobile apps.

Methods

This study was conducted using medical records of feverish children from July 2015 to June 2017 using the Fever Coach mobile app. In total,

SUBMITTER: Park YR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8190646 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature