INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence of abdominal pain predominant functional gastrointestinal diseases (FGD) in Sri Lankan children, their symptomatology, and predisposing factors. METHODS: A cross sectional ...

BACKGROUND: Recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) among children and adolescents is defined as "at least three bouts of abdominal pain, severe enough to affect activities, over a period of not less than 3 months". RAP has ...

INTRODUCTION: Objective of this study was to assess the effects of body mass index (BM1) on gastric motility abnormalities in children with abdominal pain-predominant FGIDs (AP- FGIDs). METHODS: Gastric motility parameters ...

INTRODUCTION: Chronic abdominal pain is a common paediatric problem affecting nearly 10% of school aged children. The majority of them have functional gastrointestinal diseases including functional abdominal pain (FAP). ...

INTRODUCTION: Recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) is a common paediatric problem. The majority of the affected have no organic pathology. Gastrointestinal motility abnormalities are considered as a possible cause for their ...

AIMS: Large number of previous studies conducted in children and adults have shown a significant association between abdominal pain predominant functional gastrointestinal disorders (AP-FGD) and exposure to child abuse. ...

OBJECTIVES: Recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) syndrome is defined as "at least three bouts of abdominal pain, severe enough to affect activities, over a period of not less than three months". The prevalence of RAP syndrome ...

INTRODUCTION: The therapeutic effect of domperidone on abdominal pain-predominant functional gastrointestinal diseases (AP-FGIDs) was assessed on children in 5-12 year age group at the Gastroenterology Research Laboratory ...