Dimenhydrinate in children with infectious gastroenteritis: A prospective, RCT

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Uhlig, Ulrike ^a,b   Pfeil, Nicole ^a,c   Gelbrich, Götz ^c   Spranger, Christian ^a,c   Syrbe, Steffen ^a   Huegle, Boris ^a   Teichmann, Barbara ^d   Kapellen, Thomas ^a,c   Houben, Peggy ^c   Kiess, Wieland ^a   Uhlig, Hans Holm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c Coordination Centre for Clinical Studies Leipzig ^*  (Germany)

^d Private Practice   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Controlled trial; Dimenhydrinate; Gastroenteritis; Randomized; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

DIMENHYDRINATE; PLACEBO;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEHYDRATION; DIMENHYDRINATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPPOSITORIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 70349754466     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1650     Document Type: Article

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