TY - JOUR T1 - Ondansetron as an aid to oral rehydration JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed SP - ep53 LP - ep53 VL - 91 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 2006/08/01 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/91/2/ep53.abstract N2 - Although oral rehydration is generally regarded as best treatment for children with gastroenteritis, intravenous rehydration may be resorted to when the child vomits repeatedly. Antiemetics have been used but evidence of their value is limited. Researchers in Chicago ( Stephen B Freedman and colleagues. New England Journal of Medicine 2006;354:1698–705OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science) have used oral ondansetron (a serotonin3 (5H T3) agonist).The trial took place in a children’s emergency department in 2004–5 … ER -