Should We Give Antiemetic Drugs To Children In The Emergency Department?

ABSTRACT

@#Acute Gastroenteritis with Vomiting in children is one of the most common causes for visiting Emergency departments. Even though this is a self-limiting disease, vomiting, when it escalates, makes physicians take proactive measures such as intravenous fluid administration and eventually hospital admissions and observations to prevent worse outcomes. Ondansetron is a potent antiemetic drug with low risks of adverse events when compared to other antiemetic medications and it is still not used widely in clinical practice. This article examines evidence for use and compares the efficacy of antiemetic drugs in children who present to the emergency department with vomiting from Acute Gastroenteritis by reviewing two papers.