TY - JOUR T1 - How safe is ibuprofen in febrile asthmatic children? JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 885 LP - 886 DO - 10.1136/adc.2004.057877 VL - 89 IS - 9 AU - A Kader AU - T Hildebrandt AU - C Powell Y1 - 2004/09/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/89/9/885.abstract N2 - A 4 year old child presents to the paediatric accident and emergency department with a history of fever for 12 hours and clinical signs of an upper respiratory tract infection. The temperature on assessment is 39.5°C. There is a past medical history of asthma. The attending emergency doctor prescribes ibuprofen. The mother is not willing to give ibuprofen to her child, as she was told in the past that it is contraindicated in children with asthma. In febrile children with a past medical history of asthma [patient], is ibuprofen in antipyretic doses [intervention], compared to paracetamol [comparison], more likely to … ER -