The effects of antiemetics for children with vomiting due to acute, moderate gastroenteritis

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 866-869

  Vreeman, Rachel C ^a   Finnell, S Maria E ^b   Cernkovich, Erin R ^b   Carroll, Aaron E ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DOMPERIDONE; INFUSION FLUID; MEPYRAMINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; ONDANSETRON; PENTOBARBITAL; PROMETHAZINE; TRIMETHOBENZAMIDE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; VOMITING;

EID: 50949088512     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.162.9.866     Document Type: Review

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