Rapid versus standard intravenous rehydration in paediatric gastroenteritis: Pragmatic blinded randomised clinical trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7835, 2011, Pages

  Freedman, Stephen B ^a,b,c   Parkin, Patricia C ^a,b,c   Willan, Andrew R ^b,d   Schuh, Suzanne ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONDANSETRON;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FLUID THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHYDRATION; SCHOOL CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDRATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855169806     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d6976     Document Type: Article

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