Emergency department use of oral ondansetron for acute gastroenteritis- related vomiting in infants and children

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-179

  Cheng, A ^a   Farrell, Catherine ^b   Friedman, Jeremy ^c   Gauthier, Marie ^b   Mikrogianakis, Angelo ^d   Ortiz Alvarez, Oliva ^e  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e St Martha's Regional Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Emergency; Gastroenteritis; Infants; Ondansetron; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

DIMENHYDRINATE; DOMPERIDONE; INFUSION FLUID; METOCLOPRAMIDE; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO; PROMETHAZINE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CONVULSION; DIARRHEA; DROWSINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; RADIATION SICKNESS; REHYDRATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

EID: 80054000865     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/16.3.177     Document Type: Review

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