Irritable bowel syndrome--prognosis and diagnostic safety. A 5-year follow-up study
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Irritable bowel syndrome--prognosis and diagnostic safety. A 5-year follow-up study. / Svendsen, Jesper Hastrup; Munck, L K; Andersen, J R.
In: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol. 20, No. 4, 01.05.1985, p. 415-8.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Irritable bowel syndrome--prognosis and diagnostic safety. A 5-year follow-up study
AU - Svendsen, Jesper Hastrup
AU - Munck, L K
AU - Andersen, J R
PY - 1985/5/1
Y1 - 1985/5/1
N2 - The irritable bowel syndrome is the commonest diagnosis in gastroenterological clinics, although diagnostic criteria and investigatory programs vary. To elucidate the diagnostic safety and prognosis of the syndrome, a retrospective study was conducted. One hundred and twelve consecutive patients with irritable bowel syndrome as the final and only abdominal diagnosis in the period 1977-79 were followed up in 1984. Seventeen patients died during the follow-up period; two of these were considered diagnostic failures (chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer). Of the remaining 95 patients, 93 were available for the follow-up study. Three diagnostic failures were found (gallbladder stones, kidney stone, thyrotoxicosis). The diagnostic failure rate was accordingly 4.5% (5/110). Half of the patients had unchanged or aggravated symptoms at the follow-up study, independent of treatment. The only predictor of a poor prognosis was abdominal surgery before the diagnosis.
AB - The irritable bowel syndrome is the commonest diagnosis in gastroenterological clinics, although diagnostic criteria and investigatory programs vary. To elucidate the diagnostic safety and prognosis of the syndrome, a retrospective study was conducted. One hundred and twelve consecutive patients with irritable bowel syndrome as the final and only abdominal diagnosis in the period 1977-79 were followed up in 1984. Seventeen patients died during the follow-up period; two of these were considered diagnostic failures (chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer). Of the remaining 95 patients, 93 were available for the follow-up study. Three diagnostic failures were found (gallbladder stones, kidney stone, thyrotoxicosis). The diagnostic failure rate was accordingly 4.5% (5/110). Half of the patients had unchanged or aggravated symptoms at the follow-up study, independent of treatment. The only predictor of a poor prognosis was abdominal surgery before the diagnosis.
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Colonic Diseases, Functional
KW - Constipation
KW - Diarrhea
KW - Female
KW - Follow-Up Studies
KW - Gastrointestinal Diseases
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Prognosis
KW - Retrospective Studies
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 4023607
VL - 20
SP - 415
EP - 418
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
SN - 0036-5521
IS - 4
ER -
ID: 32477358