A million-dollar work-up for abdominal pain: Is it worth it?

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 579-583

  Dhroove, Gati ^a   Chogle, Ashish ^a   Saps, Miguel ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal pain; children; cost; functional gastrointestinal disorders

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN PREDOMINANT FUNCTIONAL GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TRANSGLUTAMINASES; URINALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 78149282117     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181de0639     Document Type: Article

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