Enhancing Diagnostic Performance of Symptom-Based Criteria for Irritable Bowel Syndrome by Additional History and Limited Diagnostic Evaluation | Zendy

Ruchit Sood | Zendy; Michael Camilleri | Zendy; David J. Gracie | Zendy; Matthew J. Gold | Zendy; Natalie To | Zendy; Graham Law | Zendy; Alexander C. Ford | Zendy

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Enhancing Diagnostic Performance of Symptom-Based Criteria for Irritable Bowel Syndrome by Additional History and Limited Diagnostic Evaluation

Author(s) -

Ruchit Sood,

Michael Camilleri,

David J. Gracie,

Matthew J. Gold,

Natalie To,

Graham Law,

Alexander C. Ford

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

the american journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.907

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1572-0241

pISSN - 0002-9270

DOI - 10.1038/ajg.2016.308

Subject(s) - medicine , somatization , irritable bowel syndrome , colonoscopy , abdominal pain , gastroenterology , hospital anxiety and depression scale , anxiety , depression (economics) , physical therapy , psychiatry , colorectal cancer , cancer , economics , macroeconomics

Symptom-based criteria to diagnose irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) positively perform only modestly. Our aim was to assess whether including other items from the clinical history and limited diagnostic evaluation improves their performance.

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