Pediatric tuina for the treatment of fever in children

Abstract

Background: Infantile fever is a common symptom of the pediatric diseases, which is often caused by cold, food accumulation, or other pathogenic factors. Pediatric tuina is regarded as an acceptable non-pharmaceutical therapy for children with optimal effects, which has been widely used for infantile fever around China. But there is still a lack of systematic evaluation and research on its safety and effectiveness during the treatment of infantile fever. Thus the protocol is to collect clinical evidence and demonstrate the efficacy and safety of antipyretic manipulation by pediatric tuina. Methods: The systematic electronic search will be executed in Cochrane Library (1991–2020.6), EMBASE (1980–2020.6), PubMed (1996–2020.6), WHOICTRP (2004–2020.6), Web of Science (1900–2020.6), CNKI (1994–2020.6), CBM (1994–2020.6), WANFANG (1980–2020.6), and VIP (2000–2020.6) Database. The Review Manager (V.5.3) will be use to assess the risk of bias and data analyses. The methodological quality will be assessed by using the online GRADEpro tool. If the quality of numeric data is favorable, a meta-analysis will be carried out. Results: A high-quality evidence of pediatric tuina for the treatment of infantile fever. Conclusion: The systematic review will provide a reliable basis for judging whether pediatric tuina is safe and effective in the treatment of pediatric fever. INPLASY Registration number: INPLASY202060032

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