Recurrent Lower Abdominal Pain in Older Children and Adolescents: Revised Clinical Approach

Pelvic and lower abdominal pain constitutes more than 30% of the referrals to our adolescent medicine and gastroenterology clinics. These cases are responsible for numerous school absences and significant cost to the healthcare system. This article will review the most common causes of lower abdomin...

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Autores principales: Shashidhar, Harohalli, Omar, Hatim A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2005
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5936543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15702219
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2005.10
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description Pelvic and lower abdominal pain constitutes more than 30% of the referrals to our adolescent medicine and gastroenterology clinics. These cases are responsible for numerous school absences and significant cost to the healthcare system. This article will review the most common causes of lower abdominal and pelvic pain in adolescents, diagnostic and management issues, as well as prevention.
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spelling pubmed-59365432018-06-03 Recurrent Lower Abdominal Pain in Older Children and Adolescents: Revised Clinical Approach Shashidhar, Harohalli Omar, Hatim A. ScientificWorldJournal Review Article Pelvic and lower abdominal pain constitutes more than 30% of the referrals to our adolescent medicine and gastroenterology clinics. These cases are responsible for numerous school absences and significant cost to the healthcare system. This article will review the most common causes of lower abdominal and pelvic pain in adolescents, diagnostic and management issues, as well as prevention. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2005-01-28 /pmc/articles/PMC5936543/ /pubmed/15702219 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2005.10 Text en Copyright © 2005 Harohalli Shashidhar and Hatim A. Omar. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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