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02.01.2019 | Concise Commentary
Concise Commentary: Bloating Makes a Comeback in IBS
verfasst von:
Giuseppe Chiarioni
Erschienen in:
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
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Ausgabe 5/2019
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Excerpt
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]. …