Table 4.

Table of exclusion

No.	Study	Reason for exclusion
1	Barton et al., 1990	Study conducted in non-tropical country (Turkey)
2	Thomas et al., 2009	Study conducted in non-tropical country (USA)
3	Bernath et al., 2002	This study was a systematic review (not a primary study)
4	Brandts et al., 1997	Patients in both intervention and control groups received other treatment (Quinine) in addition to the antipyretic measures Other forms of physical methods of temperature control such as fanning were used in addition to sponging.
5	Khaliq et al., 2019	Both intervention and control groups received paracetamol
6	Mahar et al., 1994	Both intervention and control groups received paracetamol
7	Newman, 1985	Patients in intervention and control groups received antipyretic medications
8	Salgado et al., 2016	Study involved adult participants only
9	Sharber, 1997	Both intervention and control groups received paracetamol
10	Steele, 1970	Study was conducted in a non-tropical country (USA)
11	Thomas et al., 2009	Both intervention and control groups received paracetamol medication