Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Abdominal Pain

Follow the links below to find systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of interventions for abdominal pain relief and pain management.

Created July 2009

6 Resources Found

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Title:   Antidepressants for the treatment of abdominal pain-related functional gastrointestinal disorders in children and adolescents
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Abdominal pain-related functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are common in childhood and adolescence. In most cases no medical reason for the pain can be found. Various drug treatment approaches for the different types of abdominal pain-related ...
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Laparoscopy for the management of acute lower abdominal pain in women of childbearing age
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Acute lower abdominal pain is a common occurrence amongst women of childbearing age and frequently results in referral to hospital. Possible diagnoses include ovulation pain, ovarian cysts, pelvic infection, ectopic pregnancy and appendicitis. Many wome...
Date:   Apr 2010
Title:   Analgesia in patients with acute abdominal pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The use of analgesia for AAP does not mask clinical findings nor does it delay diagnosis. Surgeons are reluctant to use analgesics during the diagnostic process and clinical evaluation of patients with AAP where there may be the possible requirement of ...
Date:   Feb 2010
Title:   Dietary interventions for recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in childhood
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Recurrent abdominal pain is common in childhood and dietary interventions are often recommended but we found no evidence that they are effective. Between 4% and 25% of school age children complain of stomach aches / recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) which ...
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   Psychosocial interventions for recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in childhood
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Between 4% and 25% of school age children complain of stomach aches / recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) which is severe enough to interfere with their daily activities. For most such children, no organic cause for their pain can be found on physical examin...
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   Pharmacological interventions for recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in childhood
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Between 4% and 25% of school age children complain of stomach aches / recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) which is severe enough to interfere with their daily activities. For most such children, no organic cause for their pain can be found on physical examin...
Date:   Nov 2006

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