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ArticleRevista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo2021

Intermittent abdominal pain in IgA vasculitis.

Izabel Mantovani Buscatti, Juliana Russo Simon, Vivianne Saraiva Leitao Viana, Tamima Mohamad Abou Arabi, Vitor Cavalcanti Trindade, Ana Carolina Cortez Maia, Lara Regina Cavalcante Melo, Bianca Pires Ihara, Nadia Emi Aikawa, Clovis Artur Silva

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Article in Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Izabel Mantovani BuscattiHospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-8823
Juliana Russo SimonHospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3775-8822
Vivianne Saraiva Leitao VianaHospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0660-4142
Tamima Mohamad Abou ArabiHospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3368-1354
Vitor Cavalcanti TrindadeHospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1766-4028
Ana Carolina Cortez MaiaHospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6168-5531
Lara Regina Cavalcante MeloHospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1987-9989
Bianca Pires IharaHospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2628-8060
Nadia Emi AikawaHospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7585-4348
Clovis Artur SilvaHospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9250-6508
Universidade de São Paulo · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo assess intermittent abdominal pain in IgA vasculitis patients and its relation to demographic data, clinical manifestations and treatments.

methodsA retrospective cohort study included 322 patients with IgA vasculitis (EULAR/PRINTO/PRES criteria) seen at the Pediatric Rheumatology Unit in the last 32 years. Sixteen patients were excluded due to incomplete data in medical charts. Intermittent abdominal pain was characterized by new abdominal pain after complete resolution in the first month of disease.

resultsIntermittent abdominal pain was observed in 35/306 (11%) IgA vasculitis patients. The median time between first and second abdominal pain was 10 days (3-30 days). The main treatment of intermittent abdominal pain included glucocorticoid [n=26/35 (74%)] and/or ranitidine [n=22/35 (63%)]. Additional analysis showed that the frequency of intermittent purpura/petechiae (37 vs. 21%; p=0.027) and the median of purpura/petechiae duration [20 (3-90) vs. 14 (1-270) days; p=0.014] were significantly higher in IgA vasculitis patients with intermittent abdominal pain compared to those without. Gastrointestinal bleeding (49 vs. 13%; p<0.001), nephritis (71 vs. 45%; p=0.006), glucocorticoid (74 vs. 44%; p=0.001) and intravenous immunoglobulin use (6 vs. 0%; p=0.036) were also significantly higher in the former group. The frequency of ranitidine use was significantly higher in IgA vasculitis patients with intermittent abdominal pain versus without (63 vs. 28%; p<0.001), whereas the median of ranitidine duration was reduced in the former group [35 (2-90) vs. 60 (5-425) days; p=0.004].

conclusionsIntermittent abdominal pain occurred in nearly a tenth of IgA vasculitis patients, in the first 30 days of disease, and was associated with other severe clinical features. Therefore, this study suggests that these patients should be followed strictly with clinical and laboratorial assessment, particularly during the first month of disease course.

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IgA VasculitisRheumatologyAbdominal PainChildHumansImmunoglobulin ARetrospective StudiesImmunoglobulin A

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