Ondansetron use in the pediatric emergency room for diagnoses other than acute gastroenteritis

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-250

  Sturm, Jesse J ^a   Pierzchala, Amanda ^a   Simon, Harold K ^a   Hirsh, Daniel A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gastroenteritis; ondansetron; vomiting

Indexed keywords

ONDANSETRON;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CONCUSSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIGRAINE; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCRIPTION; PYELONEPHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; ONDANSETRON; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOMITING;

EID: 84858071371     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182494d87     Document Type: Article

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