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Child health
Systematic review
Are antiemetics still contraindicated for gastroenteritis in children? Solid evidence now supports the safe use of ondansetron
  1. James E Colletti
  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
  1. Correspondence to James E Colletti
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St, NW Rochester, MN 55902, USA; colletti.james{at}mayo.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2011-100411

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    Commentary on: Fedorowicz Z, Jagannath VA, Carter B. Antiemetics for reducing vomiting related to acute gastroenteritis in children and adolescents. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011;9:CD005506.

    Implications for practice and research

    • ■ In children presenting with vomiting from acute gastroenteritis, ondansetron is a reasonable therapy to allow for successful oral rehydration.

    • ■ Further research on ondansetron and rehydration should investigate the effects of different dosing regimens, time to cessation of vomiting after antiemetic administration, as well as a cost-effectiveness analysis.

    Context

    Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a common reason for a child to require emergency care and hospitalisation. In children under the age of 5 years, dehydration secondary to AGE is responsible for as many as 200 000 hospitalisations in the USA and 24 000 in the UK each year.1 ,2 …

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    • Competing interests None.