Table 1.
Summary of differing recommendations of prominent gastroenteritis guidelines.
Table 2.
Interventions and their specific outcomes evaluated.
Fig 1.
Flow diagram of study selection.
SR, systematic review; PICO, Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome; RCT, randomized controlled trial.
Table 3.
Overview of studies included in systematic review.
Fig 2.
Meta-graph comparing oral rehydration therapy vs. intravenous fluid therapy.
Results from meta-analysis of direct comparisons of oral rehydration therapy vs. intravenous fluid therapy on the outcomes of admission to hospital from the emergency department and revisits to the emergency departments, displayed employing Forest plots.
Table 4.
Results for Primary and Secondary Outcomes.
Table 5.
Adverse Events.
Fig 3.
Meta-graph comparing any antiemetic therapy vs. placebo.
Results from meta-analysis of direct comparisons of therapy with any antiemetic agent vs. placebo on the outcomes of administration of intravenous hydration, admission to hospital from the emergency department and revisits to the emergency departments, displayed employing Forest plots.
Fig 4.
Meta-graph comparing any probiotic therapy vs. placebo.
Results from meta-analysis of direct comparisons of therapy with any probiotic agent vs. placebo on the outcomes of administration of revisits to the emergency department, admission to hospital from the emergency department, and intravenous hydration, displayed employing Forest plots.