[Recurrent XXXX at the Pediatric Gastroenterology Outpatient Clinic].

@entity1 @entity158 @entity490 @entity8143 @entity347
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the features of pediatric @entity1 with recurrent @entity490 , identify the main ethiologic diagnoses and their clinical and laboratorial differences. @entity1 AND METHODS: We studied the medical records from 167 @entity1 attended at a pediatric gastroenterology outpatient clinic. After analysis of the entire sample, the @entity1 were divided in groups according to their diagnosis. Those @entity1 with more than one diagnosis were arranged into a subgroup named multiple diagnosis. Statistical analysis was performed with Kruskall-Wallis test for numeric variables and chi-square test for non-numeric variables. RESULTS: The @entity1 age ranged from 3 to 17 years (median 9), the number of consultations ranged from 1 to 16 (median 2) and the period of attendance ranged from 1 to 37 months (median 4). The @entity158 was mainly periumbilical (35.8%) and crampy-like (76.1%). The main diagnoses found were chronic intestinal constipation (58.6%), intestinal @entity8143 (22.8%), and peptic disease (20.4%). In 34 @entity1 (20.3%) we were not able to establish the diagnosis. Among the groups, there was statistically significant difference in age (p=0.00003), number of consultations (p=0.00004), period of attendance (p=0.00001), kind of @entity158 (p=0.0003), intestinal habit (p=0.0002), stool features (p=0.0001), and evolution (p=0.0006). CONCLUSIONS: The authors conclude that finding @entity347 in @entity1 with recurrent @entity490 is much more common than it was expected. The pediatrician always has to consider the possibility of multifactorial origin for these @entity1 ' complaints.
