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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"abdominal pain"”.
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Understanding Psychosocial Treatment Non-Response in Children with Functional Abdominal Pain
<p>Functional abdominal pain (FAP) is a commonly occurring gastrointestinal disorder in children and adolescents. It is associated with significant distress and impairment for both children and caregivers. Psychosocial treatments have been shown to effectively treat FAP and related outcomes. …
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Matching treatment with recurrent abdominal pain symptoms: an evaluation of dietary fiber and relaxation treatments
Several etiological models of recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) in children have been proposed but no one model has been able to adequately account for the symptoms of all children with RAP. The present study proposed that symptom presentation may provide a basis for treatment selection. Two …
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Enhancement and Implementation of an Abdominal Pain Algorithm for Gestational-Age Women: A Quality Improvement Project
Abdominal pain constitutes 8% of annual ER cases, posing diagnostic challenges, especially in women of childbearing age. Traditional methods often miss pregnancy-related issues. We developed an algorithmic approach for abdominal pain assessment and pregnancy testing to address this. We conducted a …
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Predictors of coping success in children with functional abdominal pain: the influence of executive function and attention regulation
… attention regulation in coping and its effect on pain and functional disability in 44 children and adolescents with functional abdominal pain. Participants and their caregivers completed measures of executive function, attention regulation, coping, and several outcome variables including pain, …
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Psyche in soma: an investigation of the assimilation of conflicts in in two psychotherapy clients with functional abdominal pain
… psychotherapy involving clients with chronic abdominal pain. A main objective of the study was to see how change might be experienced at psychological and somatic levels, and how findings might best fit into a model of biopsychosocial functioning that could assist both therapist and client. …
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Investigating novel therapeutic targets for treatment of visceral pain.
Abdominal pain is a common symptom of gastrointestinal disorders such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). However, despite the many treatments for inflammation in IBD and disordered motility in IBS patients, few therapies target abdominal pain directly, and many …
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Characteristics of Acute Abdominal Pain in Adult Patients - Analysis of Hospitalized Patients over a 10-Year Period // Особености на острата коремна болка при възрастни пациенти – анализ на хоспитализирани болни за 10-годишен период
Цел на настоящата разработка е да се дефинират особеностите в субективните оплаквания, физикалната находка, диагностичните възможности, протичането и изхода на острата коремна болка при пациенти в напреднала и старческа възраст с оглед изработване на диагностичен алгоритъм в помощ на лекарите от …
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CT Evaluation of Acut Abdominal Painin Patientswit Acute Leukemia
Introduction: Many diseases causing abdominal symptoms can occur in patients with leukemia such as neutropenic enterocolitis, leukemic infiltration of GI tract, and infectious enterocolitis. However, many imaging finding of such diseases can have overlapping findings. The purpose of this study was …
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Assessing the Role of the Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 3 (TRPM3) Ion Channel in Visceral Sensation
Abdominal pain is a significant clinical problem impacting many individuals including patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Current therapeutics for IBD-related pain include opioids which are addictive and associated with increased mortality in IBD patients. Thus, novel mechanisms for …
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Muco-membranous colitis
… cases are almost in- variably present, viz., abdominal pain of a colicky type and constipation.
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The early diagnosis of acute appendicular disease: with notes of six illustrative cases: submitted for the Pattison Prize in Clinical Surgery, 1927
1. Pain in the Right Iliac Fossa is not The symptom of appendicitis. • 2. The most important clinical features of appendicitis are Paraumbilical Pain followed by nausea or vomiting. • 3. Occasionally, with a history of a previous attack pain may begin in the right iliac fossa. • 4. The only way to …
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Non-Psychotropic cannabinoids attenuate visceral pain in colitis
… an increasing proportion of the population. Abdominal pain is a major clinical symptom, but current treatments are limited and a source of frustration for patients, many of whom seek alternatives such as cannabis. Cannabis contains many compounds with therapeutic potential that do not have …
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Neurochemical drivers of visceral pain: insights into the roles of interleukin-17 and the proton-sensing G protein-coupled receptor GPR68
… bowel disease (IBD) often experience severe abdominal pain that remains poorly managed due to limited therapeutic options and the gut-related side effects of conventional analgesics. My thesis addresses this unmet clinical need by investigating inflammatory mediators and mechanisms that drive …
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Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Noncirrhotic Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy
… is unspecific, with symptoms ranging from abdominal pain, malaise, and weight loss to atypical manifestation which include hyperammonemic encephalopathy. We present the case of a 33-year-old woman with no prior medical history who presented with a coma and a diagnosis of inoperable …
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Neuroepithelial Signalling in the Colon
Abdominal pain is the leading cause of morbidity for people living with gastrointestinal diseases, however pain management remains an unmet clinical challenge. TRPV4 is a member of the vanilloid subtype of transient receptor potential ion channels and possesses pronociceptive functions in the …
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The effect of osteopathic treatment on the irritable bowel syndrome: a case series
… patients' individual presenting symptoms, where abdominal pain, bloating and diarrhoea were all reduced. The preliminary data of two patients indicates that osteopathic treatment may help. However, the results are inconclusive due to an insufficient patient population and inadequate study design. …
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Clinical Characteristics of Struma Ovarii
… patients had clinical symptoms such as low abdominal pain, palpable abdominal mass and vaginal bleeding. Although one patient had abnormal finding of thyroid function test, the laboratory finding was normalized after operative treatment. CA-125 level was elevated in 6 cases. As the findings …
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Mutation analysis at the lipoprotein lipase gene locus in two South African kindreds
… Patients often present early in life with abdominal pain, pancreatitis, hepatosplenomegaly, eruptive xanthomata and zero to near zero levels of LPL activity in post-heparin plasma. The genetic heterogeneity underlying this disease is well-characterised and over 40 mutations have been …
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Acquisition, Distribution and Perspectives of Healthcare Information in Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM)
… * Reflexologists' responses to a patient with abdominal pain -a survey on Internet advice. * Internet advice by acupuncturists -a risk factor for cardiovascular patients? * Are asthma sufferers at risk when consulting chiropractors over the Internet? * Aspects of MMR / MMR vaccination advice …
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