Navigating recurrent abdominal pain through clinical clues, red flags, and initial testing

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 259-266

  Noe, Joshua D ^a   Li, B U K ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLECYSTOKININ; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STOMACH SECRETION INHIBITOR; BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEFECATION HABIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DUODENITIS; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPHAGIA; ECHOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; GALLBLADDER EJECTION FRACTION; GALLBLADDER FUNCTION; GASTRITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LABORATORY TEST; MELENA; MENTAL STRESS; PEDIATRICIAN; PEPTIC ULCER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCTITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REVIEW; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; URINALYSIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BLOOD; CHILD; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; FECES; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BARIUM SULFATE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE;

EID: 67149122411     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9999/00904481-20090422-03     Document Type: Review

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