title: [The use of ondansetron in acute gastroenteritis. Its impact in a pediatric emergency department].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ondansentron is in consideration in literature for its use in vomiting secondary to acute gastroenteritis in children.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate its usefulness in children with acute gastroenteritis referred to a paediatric emergency department.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study considered 967 children treated with ondansetron (0,06 mg/kg IM) plus oral rehydration, with a control group of 286 children who received only oral rehydration.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The time spent into the short-stay observation unit and the total emergency department stay were significantly reduced in children receiving ondansentron. No adverse reactions to the drug were recorded.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Materno Infantile, Largo del Pozzo 71--41100 Modena. andrea.venuta@unimore.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Venuta
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Spaggiari
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bertolani
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Balli
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000932:Antiemetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007902:Length of Stay; D017294:Ondansetron / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014839:Vomiting / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000932:Antiemetics; D017294:Ondansetron