Guidelines: Diarrhoea and vomiting caused by gastroenteritis in children under 5 years: Summary of NICE guidance

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7701, 2009, Pages 1009-1012

  Khanna, Rajesh ^a   Lakhanpaul, Monica ^a,b   Burman Roy, Shona ^a   Murphy, M Stephen ^c  

^a National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BREAST FEEDING; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROENTERITIS; HAND WASHING; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; MALNUTRITION; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLOSIS; SEPTICEMIA; SHOCK; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOMITING; ARTICLE; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROENTERITIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SHOCK; VOMITING;

EID: 66149109136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b1350     Document Type: Short Survey

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