pedibot
♥ Support
EN
Menu

Urgent

Should I go to the ER?Tick what you see and it tells you: ER now, doctor today, or home.Warning signsWhat must never wait, by symptom and in your language.Emergency numbersThe emergency number of your country, and what to do where there is none.

Tools

Ask PediBotAnswers in your language from official guidelines, and shows where every sentence comes from.Dose calculatorParacetamol and ibuprofen by weight, with the bottle sold in your country.Growth chartWeight and height percentile on the WHO charts.VaccinesYour country's official schedule, with what is due now.Arm tape (MUAC)Measure the upper arm and see the WHO malnutrition band.Symptom diaryLog fever and medicines to show the doctor.Your childrenEach child's age, weight and curve, on your phone.All tools →

Learn more

GuidesShort guides written from the sources, in eight languages.At homeThe medicine cabinet, oral rehydration and what to do meanwhile.SourcesEvery document behind the answers, with its licence.How this worksWho makes it, how it is checked and what it does not do.Legal & privacyWhat is stored and what is not.

Dose calculator

Paracetamol and ibuprofen, by weight — in ml for your bottle

Type the name on your bottle (Calpol, Tylenol, Apiretal, Dalsy, Nurofen, Advil…) and your child's weight. Fixed tables from the AEPap dosing guide, with hard maximums. No AI involved.

ORS

Oral rehydration solution: how much and how

Amounts quoted from the official leaflet (AEMPS, Spain), the SEUP vomiting sheet and the UK Dioralyte leaflet. No AI.

Dose by brand name

Paracetamol (acetaminophen)ApiretalTermalginGelocatilEfferalganDolipraneCalpolTylenol Children's / Infants'Panadol ChildrenTempra / TylenolTachipirinaBen-u-ronCrocinDoloMetacinPyrigesicAdolFevadolCetalAbimolTylolPanado PaediatricEmzor ParacetamolIbuprofenDalsyJunifenApirofenoNurofen for ChildrenAdvil Children's / Infants'Motrin Children's / Infants'AliviumBrufenIbugesicProfinal

Why only these two medicines?

They are the only over-the-counter fever and pain medicines paediatric guidelines recommend for children. Aspirin is not given to children (Reye syndrome), cough syrups are not given under four unless a doctor says so, and antibiotics always need a doctor.