Mohamed Eltorki
McMaster University, Canada
Title: FOS-Full of stool: The ED perspective on the ins and outs of pediatric constipation
Biography
Biography: Mohamed Eltorki
Abstract
The majority of patients seen with abdominal pain in the emergency department get diagnosed with constipation. Yet there is an unclear clinical and therapeutic relationship between abdominal pain and constipation. ROME III criteria are the most widely used and validated clinical criteria to diagnosed functional gastrointestinal disorders including functional constipation and irritable bowel syndrome. The untility of those criteria when used in the emergency department to appropriately classify children is unknown. Our recent prospective study of 512 patients helped illucidate the importance and association of accurate classification to outcome. The author will address the clinical outcomes and response to therapy of children with functional constipation and/or irritable bowel syndrome.