Oral ondansetron for gastroenteritis in a pediatric emergency department

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1698-1705

  Freedman, Stephen B ^a   Adler, Mark ^b,c   Seshadri, Roopa ^b,c   Powell, Elizabeth C ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHYDRATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDRATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ONDANSETRON; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 33645847827     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa055119     Document Type: Article

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