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Abdominal pain and bowel dysfunction: Is it possible a simplified diagnostic flow-chart? - Digestive and Liver Diseasedoi:10.1016/S1590-8658(01)80448-5F. BressoN. SaponeB. DemarchiT. CammarotaA. SarnoR. BonardiA. MussoM. Astegiano
BACKGROUND/AIMS: We analyzed patients with abdominal pain of undetermined etiology, referred to physiatrists by gastroenterologists, and determined the clinical features of patients with abdominal wall pain. METHODS: A retrospective chart review of 100 patients referred by gastroenterologists over 4 years...
analysis produced four symptom factors: a nausea factor, dysmotility-like dyspepsia (early satiety and fullness), ulcer-like (epigastric pain and bloating) and reflux-like (heartburn and acid regurgitation). However, the factors accounted for less than 50% of the variance. Similar factors were ...
The prognosis model developed for predicting remission rates of abdominal distension within 24 h after LC yielded an area under the curve of 0.643 and internal validation a value of 0.644. Conclusions Simethicone administration significantly enhanced the early remission of post-LC abdominal distension, ...
We compared young children 7 to 10 years of age with functional abdominal pain (FAP) or IBS to healthy children (HC) and explored the relationship of vagal activity and sympathovagal balance to psychological distress and stool type. Children completed questionnaires, kept a 2-week pain/stool ...
Figure 15.1is a flow chart to work through initial management and investigations if a patient has a known underlying hematologic condition. The severity of liver dysfunction will identify those patients who need to be admitted for further investigations, such as liver biopsy and portal pressure studie...
He had a positive Carnett’s sign, indicating abdominal wall pain, 2 weeks after the surgery. Ultrasonography showed a hyperechoic spot surrounded by a hypoechoic area in the inner abdominal oblique muscle under the palpable spot that fulfills the criteria of MTrP. The echogenic MTrP disappeared ...
The development of such a questionnaire is important for research and clinical practice in this area. Economic outcomes The cost and use of NHS services will be collected via a ‘Patient resource questionnaire’. The cost to the patients and their families/carers will also be collected via the ...
there should be a high clinical suspicion for ACS. Diagnosing ACS can be challenging as ICU patients may have a range of extra-abdominal organ failures. Patients may also be intubated and unable to communicate their symptoms, so thorough monitoring of IAP, chart review to obtain past medical hi...