Recurrent abdominal pain in children
Ryzko, J.; Drapiński, M.; Socha, J.; Górska, B.
Wiadomosci Lekarskie 45(21-22): 812-817
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0043-5147 PMID: 1299038 Document Number: 397765
In the paper the results are presented of an analysis of the causes of recurrent abdominal pain in 294 children hospitalized at the Gastroenterology Department, Childrens Health Centre, and the accepted diagnostic programme is evaluated. The children were referred to the CHC, as a rule with a suggestion of organic causes of recurrent abdominal pain. On the basis of carried out examinations the following was diagnosed: in 111 children organic causes (37.8% of the studied group), in 94 children recurrent abdominal pain of functional aetiology (32%), in 53 children psychological background (18%), and in 36 children mixed organic and functional background. These proportions between those groups is the result of the selection carried out at earlier stages of the diagnostic process. In the paper, the correctness and validity of the accepted diagnostic programme are also demonstrated.