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https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2009.090530b

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    Ondansetron in childhood gastroenteritis

    Report by: Dr Helen Rumbold, ST3 Emergency Medicine

    Search checked by: Dr Jude Reay, Locum Consultant

    Institution: Poole General Hospital, Poole, UK

    Three-part question

    In [children with vomiting due to viral gastroenteritis] does [ondansetron] reduce the requirement for [intravenous rehydration]?

    Clinical scenario

    A 3-year-old child presents to the emergency department with a 24 h history of vomiting, diarrhoea and reduced oral intake. You wonder whether giving …

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