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Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Small Intestinal Bowel ... • Irritable Bowel ... SyndromeChronic ... Idiopathic Constipation ... Bloating • Abdomino-phrenic
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
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Causes of Pediatric ... Constipation - ... Dietary / Functional ... Anatomic: • Bowel ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain (> 6 months in duration) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Co-morbidities:
 • Somatization
Depression/anxiety • Abdominal ... • Irritable bowel ... syndrome • Inflammatory ... bowel disease ... • Constipation
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel ... Younger age, Other functional ... fibromyalgia, chronic ... inflammation, Abdominal ... , Eluxadoline Constipation
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... cholecystitis • Functional ... Diffuse Pain: • Constipation ... • Irritable bowel ... syndrome • Celiac
Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary/Functional
 • lnsufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic
 • Hirschsprung's Disease
 • Imperforate
Pediatric Constipation ... Dietary/Functional ... Anatomic • Bowel ... Guillan-Barré Syndrome ... #Constipation
Causes and Assessment of the Child with Recurrent Abdominal Pain
> 90% no structural cause identified
Gastrointestinal
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• Irritable bowel ... syndromeConstipation ... • Inflammatory bowel ... Pelvi-ureteric junction ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pediatrics