It is commonly believed that intestinal function déclines significantly with increasing âge. Elderly people express gastrointestinal complaints more frequently than younger people and some disorders (e.g., diverticulosis, ischémie bowel disease) occur primarily in the elderly. In addition, most elderly people take médications, and many of thèse agents hâve significant effects on gastrointestina...

We conducted a retrospective study to ascertain the potential of free-text chief complaints collected in pediatric emergency departments to serve as surveillance data for early detection of outbreaks. detection from such data and both suffered from either methodological limitations or very small sample size. 4,5 The present study attempts to measure performance characteristics of a biosurveilla...

eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rarely reported condition. the disease is characterized by peripheral blood eosinophilia, eosinophilic infiltration of the bowel wall to a variable depth, and gastrointestinal complaints. allergic diathesis can be found in most of the cases. in this article we report two cases with interesting epidemiological characteristics and we will have a brief review of r...

The present study aimed at developing a new scale that operationalizes a hierarchical model of somatic complaints. First, 63 items representing a wide range of symptoms and sensations were compiled from somatic complaints scales and emotion literature. These complaints were rated by Belgian students (n = 307) and Belgian adults (n = 603). Exploratory factor analyses identified a gastrointestina...

Gastrointestinal complaints are one of the most common reasons individuals seek medical care. Many have been through numerous physician consultations and treatment modalities without relief. Unfortunately, millions more suffer silently, thinking that their GI symptoms are “normal”; while self-medicating with antacids, Pepto Bismal or food avoidance. Additionally, many GI complaints are embarras...

gastrointestinal stromal tumors are mesenchymal neoplasms of the gastrointesti- nal tract that originate from all areas of the gastrointestinal tract. metastases to the liver, peritoneum, bones, lungs and soft tissues have been reported. we present the case of a 47- year-old woman with rectal gastrointestinal stromal tumor that underwent wide local excision. she was treated with imatinib for a ...

Salvador Augustina,∗, Laura Millána, Antonio Gonzáleza, Mar Colla, Marı́a Martella and Joan Genescàa,b Liver Unit – Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, S...

Results 8 children had gastrointestinal imediated hypersensitivity (42.10%), 6 had increased this ratio due to hives (31.57%), 3 had rhinitis (15.78%), 1 asthma (5.26 %) and 1 had anigioedema (5.26%). The main complaints of these children were also analyzed. The most frequent complaints were skin with 9 reports (33.33%), followed by constipation with 7 (25.94%) and respiratory complaints with 6...