Acute pain management in children: a survey of Italian pediatricians

Table 4 Criteria driving the choice toward ibuprofen or acetaminophen in case of mild-moderate pain

	Acetaminophen N = 1972	Ibuprofen N = 2364	Chi-squared P-value
Effectiveness	1465 (74.3)	1885 (79.7)	< 0.001
Better tolerability	1458 (74.0)	1309 (55.4)	< 0.001
Recommendations contained in the guidelines	1231 (62.4)	1354 (57.3)	0.001
Established therapeutic practice	1173 (59.5)	1251 (53.0)	< 0.001
Parental satisfaction / experience	924 (46.9)	967 (40.9)	< 0.001
History of asthma	566 (28.7)	527 (22.3)	< 0.001

Only answers rated of high importance (i.e. score 4 and 5) are presented. For each drug, the reason(s) with a significantly higher weight in the choice (chi-squared P-value) are highlighted in bold.
Data are expressed as frequencies (N [%]).

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