The treatment of pediatric gastroenteritis: A comparative analysis of pediatric emergency physicians' practice patterns

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-45

  Freedman, Stephen B ^a   Sivabalasundaram, Vithika ^a   Bohn, Vanessa ^a   Powell, Elizabeth C ^b   Johnson, David W ^c   Boutis, Kathy ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DIGESTIVE TRACT SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; ONDANSETRON; PROBIOTIC AGENT; STOMACH SECRETION INHIBITOR; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; APPLE; ARTICLE; BANANA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GASTROENTERITIS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIEMETICS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; ONDANSETRON; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROBIOTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651349610     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00960.x     Document Type: Article

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