Abbreviations:
thirst, FM
STERILE
children medical fear scalenumerical rating scaleoral mucosa wetness scalethirst distress scaleunstimulated whole saliva.FM, HH, and BX contributed equally to this work.The study has been approved by the ethics committee of Children Hospital of Nanjing Medical University with approval number: 202207155-1.Written informed consents had been obtained from all the guardians of included children.All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article [and its supplementary information files].The authors have no funding and conflicts of interest to disclose.How to cite this article: Ma F, He H, Xu B, Zhou J, Pu K. Effect of sterile ice water versus menthol spray on thirst symptoms of fasted children in the intensive care unit: A prospective cohort study. Medicine 2023;102:12(e33315).