ArticleBMC gastroenterology2016
Abdominal migraine in children: association between gastric motility parameters and clinical characteristics.
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- Clinical features of abdominal migraine: a systematic review and summary of data from 662 patients.Frontiers in neurologyPooled it
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- The water load test in school children and adolescents with functional gastrointestinal disorders.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2021Article
- Review of Abdominal Migraine in Children.Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2020Article
- Autonomic functions and gastric motility in children with functional abdominal pain disorders.World journal of gastroenterology · 2019Observational
- Irritable bowel syndrome in children: Current knowledge, challenges and opportunities.World journal of gastroenterology · 2018Review
- Pediatric abdominal migraine: current perspectives on a lesser known entity.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2018Review
- Recurrent Gastrointestinal Disturbance: Abdominal Migraine and Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2017Review
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Abstract
backgroundApproximately 0.2-1 % of children suffers from abdominal migraine (AM). Pathophysiology of AM has not been adequately studied. This study evaluated gastric motility in children with AM.
methodsSeventeen children (6 boys), within an age range of 4-15 years, referred to a tertiary care paediatric unit, North Colombo Teaching Hospital Ragama, Sri Lanka, from 2007 to 2012, were screened. Those fulfilling Rome III criteria for AM were recruited after obtaining parental consent. None had clinical or laboratory evidence of organic disorders. Twenty healthy children (8 boys), with an age range of 4-14 years, were recruited as controls. Liquid gastric emptying rate (GE) and antral motility parameters were assessed using an ultrasound method.
resultsAverage GE (41.6 % vs. 66.2 %, in controls), amplitude of antral contractions (A) (57.9 % vs. 89.0 %) and antral motility index (MI) (5.0 vs. 8.3) were lower and fasting antral area (1.8 cm(2) vs. 0.6 cm(2)) was higher in children with AM (p < 0.01). No significant difference in the frequency of antral contractions (F) (8.8/3 min vs. 9.3/3 min, p = 0.08) was found between the two groups. Scores obtained for severity of abdominal pain had a negative correlation with A (r = -0.55, p = 0.03). Average duration of abdominal pain episodes correlated with GE (r = -0.58, p = 0.02). Negative correlations were observed between duration of AM and A (r = -0.55), F (r = -0.52), and MI (r = -0.57) (p < 0.05).
conclusionsGE and antral motility parameters were significantly lower in children with AM. A significant correlation was found between symptoms and gastric motility. These findings suggest a possible role of abnormal gastric motility in the pathogenesis of AM.
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