Pediatric Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Advances in Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Constipation Irritable Bowel Syndrome Diagnostic Criteria (Manning Criteria) Fast Five Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Irritable Bowel Syndrome? Fast Five Quiz: Do You Know Key Differences Between Irri...
From among the many functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), I have selected the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a frequent condition still having some unsolved problems with the diagnosis and characteristic features. To show the complexity of this disease, below I summarize definitions of IBS....
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disease with a high population prevalence. The disorder can be debilitating in some patients, whereas others may have mild or moderate symptoms. The most important single risk factors are female sex, younger age and preceding gastrointesti...
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a commonly encountered functional gastrointestinal disorder seen in general pediatric as well as subspecialty practice. Given widely varying clinical presentations, multiple mechanisms likely contribute to the development of IBS. Current hypotheses regarding the pathophysiology...
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a commonly encountered functional gastrointestinal disorder seen in general pediatric as well as subspecialty practice. Given widely varying clinical presentations, multiple mechanisms likely contribute to the development of IBS. Current hypotheses regarding the pathophysiology...
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is defined as chronic or recurrent abdominal pain, altered bowel habits, and bloating, with the absence of structural or biochemical abnormalities to explain these symptoms. Irritable bowel syndrome is part of a broader gro
This study evaluates whether certain patient or parental characteristics are associated with gastroenterology (GI) referral versus primary pediatrics care for pediatric irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).A retrospective clinical trial sample of patients meeting pediatric Rome III IBS criteria was assembled from ...
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Background and aims Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and its two phenotypes ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) are essentially assessed by endoscopy, both in initial diagnostic work-up and during follow-up. This carries a high burden, especially on paediatric patients. Faecal volat...