Engelsk titel: Diagnostic strategy in patients suspected of irritable bowel syndrome
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Författare:
Engsbro, Anne Line Östergaard
;
Bytzer, Peter
Email: anne.line.oestergaard.engsbro@regionh.dk
Språk: Dan
Antal referenser: 25
Dokumenttyp:
Översikt
UI-nummer: 15047990
Sammanfattning
Irritable bowel syndrome, a very common condition with a high use of health-care costs especially related to diagnostic testing, is traditionally
approached by a diagnostic strategy of exclusion. However, data from clinical studies support a positive diagnostic strategy based on symptom-based
criteria, absence of alarm signals and, if needed, a few simple blood tests in young patients presenting in primary care. For older patients, and for patients
not fulfilling symptom-based criteria or presenting with alarm signals, more thorough investigations are needed, directed by the symptomatology.