Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 1 , Pages 30-34 , July 2008

Effect of Ondansetron on the Incidence of Vomiting Associated With Ketamine Sedation in Children: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting, May 2006, San Francisco CA.

  • William T. Langston, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Austin, Austin, TX
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  • Joe E. Wathen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine/The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Joe E. Wathen, MD, The Children's Hospital, Emergency Department B251, 13123 E 16th Ave, Aurora, CO 80045; 303-724-2585, fax 720-777-7317
    • ,
  • Mark G. Roback, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota School of Medicine/University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, MN.
    • ,
  • Lalit Bajaj, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine/The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO

Received 5 November 2007 ,Revised 16 January 2008 ,Accepted 22 January 2008.

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 Supervising editor: Steven M. Green, MD

 Author contributions: WTL, JEW, and MGR conceived of the study and designed the trial. WTL and JEW supervised data collection. LB provided statistical analyses of the data. MR drafted the article, and all authors contributed to its revision. JEW takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that may create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Financial support was from the Children's Hospital Research Institute, Denver, CO.

 Publication dates: Available online March 19, 2008.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(08)00364-8

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.01.326

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 1 , Pages 30-34 , July 2008

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