Oral dimenhydrinate versus placebo in children with gastroenteritis: A randomized controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1050-1055

  Gouin, Serge ^a   Vo, Thuy Tien ^a   Roy, Michel ^a   Lebel, Denis ^b   Gravel, Jocelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antiemetic agent; Children; Gastroenteritis; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

DIMENHYDRINATE; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENTEEISM; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; NAUSEA; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHYDRATION; SCHOOL CHILD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; XEROSTOMIA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIMENHYDRINATE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROENTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SLEEP STAGES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 84861864521     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2945     Document Type: Article

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