In 2006, a Cochrane Review noted that there was "weak and unreliable evidence regarding the clinical effectiveness and safety of antiemetics prescribed for children with vomiting due to AGE". [12] The ...

Ondansetron improves outcomes when administered in emergency departments to children with acute gastroenteritis–associated vomiting. It is commonly prescribed at discharge to reduce symptoms, but ...

Researchers found that moderate-to-severe gastroenteritis occurred in 5.1% of 452 participants in the ondansetron group and in 12.5% of 441 participants in the placebo group. HealthDay News — For ...

Ondansetron improves outcomes when administered in EDs to children with acute gastroenteritis–associated vomiting, but the benefit of postdischarge administration is unclear. New research findings are ...

In the United States, noroviruses are the single most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in adults that results in a visit to the hospital emergency department, and they are second only to ...

The introduction of the rotavirus vaccine has had a profound impact on global pediatric deaths from acute gastroenteritis and diarrhea, but its footprint has been uneven and challenging to track ...

Most children seeking emergency department (ED) care due to vomiting are discharged home. Although they usually feel better when they leave the ED, the vomiting recurs in nearly one-third of children.

Diarrhea with chills can occur with acute conditions like food poisoning, viral gastroenteritis, COVID-19, C. difficile, and acute pancreatitis, as well as longer-lasting conditions like inflammatory ...