Oral Ondansetron for Gastroenteritis in a Pediatric Emergency Department | Zendy

Stephen B. Freedman | Zendy; Mark Adler | Zendy; R. Seshadri | Zendy; Elizabeth C. Powell | Zendy

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Oral Ondansetron for Gastroenteritis in a Pediatric Emergency Department

Author(s) -

Stephen B. Freedman,

Mark Adler,

R. Seshadri,

Elizabeth C. Powell

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa055119

Subject(s) - medicine , ondansetron , vomiting , emergency department , placebo , confidence interval , antiemetic , oral rehydration therapy , pediatrics , anesthesia , acute gastroenteritis , relative risk , population , environmental health , psychiatry , health services , alternative medicine , pathology

Vomiting limits the success of oral rehydration in children with gastroenteritis. We conducted a double-blind trial to determine whether a single oral dose of ondansetron, an antiemetic, would improve outcomes in children with gastroenteritis.

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