Emergency Department Treatment of Viral Gastritis Using Intravenous Ondansetron or Dexamethasone in Children

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1027-1033

  Stork, Christine M ^a   Brown, Kathleen M ^a   Reilly, Tracey H ^a   Secreti, LaLaina ^a   Brown, Lawrence H ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dexamethasone; gastritis; gastroenteritis; ondansetron; treatment

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO;

AMBULANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY WARD; GASTRITIS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHYDRATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VOMITING;

ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDRATION; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GASTRITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; ONDANSETRON; PEDIATRICS; VOMITING;

EID: 33748929907     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.05.018     Document Type: Article

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