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.

For emergency doctors figuring out how much medication to discharge a child with after they visit the hospital for acute vomiting, a new University of Calgary study has found that less may be more.

It took just 48 hours for Ben Lopman’s 18-month-old son to go from being an energetic toddler to totally listless. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...