To explore the long- term prognosis for children referred for recurrent abdo minal pain (RAP), 44 children investigated for RAP 5 y ago were compared to a gr oup of controls (n = 88). The former RAP patients reported ...To explore the long- term prognosis for children referred for recurrent abdo minal pain (RAP), 44 children investigated for RAP 5 y ago were compared to a gr oup of controls (n = 88). The former RAP patients reported RAP, headache and sch ool absence more frequently than controls. Conclusion: A high proportion of chil dren referred with RAP have persistent symptoms, with more headache and school a bsence than controls. The diagnostic subgroup did not predict persistence of abd ominal pain.展开更多
文摘To explore the long- term prognosis for children referred for recurrent abdo minal pain (RAP), 44 children investigated for RAP 5 y ago were compared to a gr oup of controls (n = 88). The former RAP patients reported RAP, headache and sch ool absence more frequently than controls. Conclusion: A high proportion of chil dren referred with RAP have persistent symptoms, with more headache and school a bsence than controls. The diagnostic subgroup did not predict persistence of abd ominal pain.
