The use of ondansetron for nausea and vomiting after head injury and its effect on return rates from the pediatric ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 166-172

  Sturm, Jesse J ^a,b   Simon, Harold K ^a,b   Khan, Naghma S ^a,b   Hirsh, Daniel A ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONDANSETRON;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NAUSEA; ONDANSETRON; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VOMITING;

EID: 84870892596     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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