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Recurrent abdominal pain: A five‐year follow‐up study
Author(s) -
Størdal Ketil,
Nygaard Egil André,
Bentsen Beint S
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2005.tb01897.x
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal pain , el niño , pediatrics , persistence (discontinuity) , surgery , geotechnical engineering , engineering
To explore the long‐term prognosis for children referred for recurrent abdominal pain (RAP), 44 children investigated for RAP 5 y ago were compared to a group of controls ( n =88). The former RAP patients reported RAP, headache and school absence more frequently than controls. Conclusion: A high proportion of children referred with RAP have persistent symptoms, with more headache and school absence than controls. The diagnostic subgroup did not predict persistence of abdominal pain.