April 26, 2012 — That anxious hospital emergency department (ED) visit to learn whether a child's belly ache is a sign of appendicitis increasingly involves computed tomography (CT) to render a ...

Worried single mother consoling her little girl who is having stomachache at home. Experts discuss the clinical features of, treatments for, and need for further research on the topic of abdominal ...

Researchers explored how the gut-brain axis may affect pediatric migraineurs. In a recent review, researchers analyzed the abdominal variants of migraine and functional abdominal pain disorders ...

Hypnotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and probiotics are effective in the treatment of pediatric abdominal pain-related functional gastrointestinal disorders. Data are inconclusive, however, ...

Recurrent abdominal pain is a common childhood complaint, occurring in up to 40 percent of children and accounting for at least five percent of all pediatric office visits. RAP commonly is classified ...

Each month, The Clinical Advisor makes one new clinical feature available ahead of print. Don’t forget to take the poll. The results will be published in the next month’s issue. Acute abdominal pain ...

A study by a pediatric surgical oncologist from The University of Texas MD Anderson Children's Cancer Hospital shows that an adult surgery adapted for use in young patients increased the survival of ...

A survey by Boston Children’s Hospital researchers claims pediatric gastroenterologists overuse abdominal radiographs when managing functional constipation, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy News reports ...

ZERBAXA The approvals were based on data from pediatric trials evaluating treatment for complicated intra-abdominal infections and complicated urinary tract infections. The Food and Drug ...

Dr. Chinwendu Onwubiko received her medical degree and doctor of philosophy in a dual program from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2010. She then completed a general surgery internship ...

The Food and Drug Administration has expanded the approval of Avycaz (ceftazidime and avibactam) to include pediatric patients aged ≥3 months for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal ...