Pediatric Pearls: Ondansetron for acute gastroenteritis in children

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1397-1398

  Mehta, Sunil ^a   Goldman, Ran D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; METOCLOPRAMIDE; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEHYDRATION; DIZZINESS; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT SURVEY; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROENTERITIS; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; ONDANSETRON; VOMITING;

EID: 33845479851     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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