Prospective assessment of practice pattern variations in the treatment of pediatric gastroenteritis

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Freedman, Stephen B ^a   Gouin, Serge ^b   Bhatt, Maala ^c   Black, Karen J L ^d   Johnson, David ^e,f   Guimont, Chantal ^g   Joubert, Gary ^h   Porter, Robert ⁱ   Doan, Quynh ^j   Van Wylick, Richard ^k   Schuh, Suzanne ^a   Atenafu, Eshetu ^a   Eltorky, Mohamed ^a   Cho, Dennis ^h   Plint, Amy ^l  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^g LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

ⁱ MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^k QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Emergency physicians; Gastroenteritis; Practice patterns

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID; ONDANSETRON;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79551553855     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-2214     Document Type: Article

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