Measuring the Symptoms of Pediatric Constipation and Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Constipation: Expert Commentary and Literature Review

Patient

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 343-364

  Arbuckle, Robert A ^a   Carson, Robyn T ^b   Abetz Webb, Linda ^a,c   Hyams, Jeffrey ^d   Di Lorenzo, Carlo ^e   Lewis, Barbara E ^g   Gargon, Elizabeth ^a,f   Kurtz, Caroline ^g   Shiff, Steven J ^b   Johnston, Jeffrey M ^g  

^a ADELPHI REAL WORLD   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Patient Centred Outcomes Assessments   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; BLOATING; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSTIPATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAINFUL DEFECATION; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; INFANT; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; HUMANS; INFANT; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEDIATRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84911990981     PISSN: 11781653     EISSN: 11781661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40271-014-0070-3     Document Type: Review

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