Combining Rome III criteria with alarm symptoms provides high specificity but low sensitivity for functional gastrointestinal disorders in children

ConclusionsCombining the Rome III criteria and an absence of alarm symptoms from patient questionnaires had high specificity but low sensitivity when diagnosing pain‐predominant functional gastrointestinal disorders in children seeking medical care for gastrointestinal complaints.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Acta Paediatrica - February 28, 2018 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Agneta Uusij ärvi, Ola Olén, Petter Malmborg, Martina Eriksson, Peter Grimheden, Henrik Arnell Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research