December 2014. Volume 10. Number 4

Do the Rome III criteria have capacity to discriminate between organic and functional abdominal pain?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Gijsbers CF, Benninga MA, Schweizer JJ, Kneepkens CM, Vergouwe Y, Büller HA. Validation of the Rome III criteria and alarm symptoms for recurrent abdominal pain in children. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2014;58:779-85.

Reviewers: Francisco González L1, Molina Arias M2.
1Hospital Clínico San Carlos. Madrid. España.
2Servicio de Gastroenterología. Hospital Infantil Universitario La Paz. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: Laura Francisco González. Email: laura.francisco.gonzalez@gmail.com
Reception date: 09/09/2014
Acceptance date: 10/10/2014
Publication date: 26/11/2014

Abstract

Authors' conclusions: the Rome III criteria for abdominal pain are not specific enough to rule out organic causes. Alarm symptoms do not differentiate between organic and functional abdominal pain.

Reviewers' commentary: the absence of rigorous criteria to establish the gold standard diagnostic test invalidate the results and prevent us from drawing conclusions based on them.

How to cite this article

Francisco González L, Molina Arias M. ¿Tienen los criterios de Roma III capacidad para discriminar entre dolor abdominal orgánico y funcional? Evid Pediatr. 2014;10:70.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Gijsbers CF, Benninga MA, Schweizer JJ, Kneepkens CM, Vergouwe Y, Büller HA. Validation of the Rome III criteria and alarm symptoms for recurrent abdominal pain in children. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2014;58:779-85.

Reviewers: Francisco González L1, Molina Arias M2.
1Hospital Clínico San Carlos. Madrid. España.
2Servicio de Gastroenterología. Hospital Infantil Universitario La Paz. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: Laura Francisco González. Email: laura.francisco.gonzalez@gmail.com
Reception date: 09/09/2014
Acceptance date: 10/10/2014
Publication date: 26/11/2014

How to cite this article

Francisco González L, Molina Arias M. ¿Tienen los criterios de Roma III capacidad para discriminar entre dolor abdominal orgánico y funcional? Evid Pediatr. 2014;10:70.

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