A Comparison of Vinegar Compresses vs. Cold Water& Water with Vinegar for treating of Fever at Tropical Hospitals

Fever is a common encounter in hospitalized patients & its management is integral aspects of nursing care. Research aimed to assess and compare the efficacy of vinegar,, cold water and cold water with vinegar compresses in the treatment of fever. This was a quasi-experimental study conducted in the Tropical Hospitals at Sharqia Governorate. The study was carried on 45 patients; divided to three group15 patient in each group, all of them were suffering from fever & suspected to have typhoid fever for investigation & administered the same drug management. We used vinegar compresses with the first group, cold water compresses with second group & water with vinegar compresses with third one. A compress was done at the same time & locations. Body temperature was measured after one &two hours orally by using mercury thermometer. Both compresses methods were effective in decreasing body temperature and vinegar was found to be more effective than cold water and cold water with Vinegar compresses (P ≤ 0.001). Vinegar compresses can be used in the treatment of fever when we needs to rapidly lowering patient temperature.