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01-05-2019 | Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Concise Commentary

Concise Commentary: Bloating Makes a Comeback in IBS

Author: Giuseppe Chiarioni

Published in: Digestive Diseases and Sciences | Issue 5/2019

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Bloating and abdominal distension are bothersome symptoms of ambiguous etiology frequently reported by patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) [1]. While noticeable abdominal bloating was originally included in the Manning criteria to diagnose irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the Rome criteria has shifted the attention to abdominal pain [2]. Nevertheless, the majority (60%) of IBS patients score bloating as their most bothersome symptom [3]. Moreover, the prevalence of bloating in FGID is ill-defined for a number of studies that do not rely on standardized diagnostic criteria [1, 4]. …

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Title: Concise Commentary: Bloating Makes a Comeback in IBS
Author: Giuseppe Chiarioni
Publication date: 01-05-2019
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Constipation
Constipation
Published in: Digestive Diseases and Sciences / Issue 5/2019
Print ISSN: 0163-2116
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2568
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-018-5439-z

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