TY - JOUR T1 - Aspirin and Reye's syndrome — do parents know? JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 459 LP - 460 VL - 37 IS - 303 AU - R.W. Hall Y1 - 1987/10/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/37/303/459.abstract N2 - Amid growing concern over the association between aspirin and Reye's syndrome, the Aspirin Foundation has recently mounted a publicity campaign advising against the use of aspirin in children. Of 50 parents questioned at a children's ward of a district general hospital, 46 (92%) had heard of the publicity, 38 via the television. The number of parents who would give aspirin to their child had dropped significantly from 45 before the campaign to five after it (P<0.001); only one parent chose to ignore the advice. The media, particularly television, is again shown to be a potent means of publicity. Despite the very high response to the advice about aspirin none of the parents mentioned Reye's syndrome as the reason. ER -