Meta-analysis: Ondansetron for vomiting in acute gastroenteritis in children

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 393-400

  Szajewska, H ^a   Gieruszczak Bialek D ^a   Dylag M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; EMBASE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOMITING;

ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; ONDANSETRON; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; VOMITING;

EID: 33846621503     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.03231.x     Document Type: Article

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