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Evaluation of Children with Chronic Abdominal Pain and Cost Analysis

Çocuklarda Kronik Karın Ağrısının Nedenlerinin Değerlendirilmesi ve Maliyet Analizi

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324–331
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2022-10-10
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Organic etiology can be excluded by detailed medical history and physical examination without unnecessary cost.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objectives: We aimed to identify the frequency of functional and organic abdominal pain by history, physical examination and diagnostic tests in children who presented with chronic abdominal pain (CAP) and to determine the cost per patient.
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Key Findings & Data:Materials and Methods: The children who presented to pediatric gastroenterology outpatient clinic with CAP, aged 4-18 years, were reviewed for demographic data, history, physical examination, laboratory, imaging, endoscopic and histopathological findings retrospectively.
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Conclusion & Impact:Organic etiology can be excluded by detailed medical history and physical examination without unnecessary cost.
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Objectives: We aimed to identify the frequency of functional and organic abdominal pain by history, physical examination and diagnostic tests in children who presented with chronic abdominal pain (CAP) and to determine the cost per patient. Materials and Methods: The children who presented to pediatric gastroenterology outpatient clinic with CAP, aged 4-18 years, were reviewed for demographic data, history, physical examination, laboratory, imaging, endoscopic and histopathological findings retrospectively. The total cost of examinations performed at the diagnosis stage of the cases and the amount per patient were calculated. Results: Among 324 patients (11.26±3.80 years, 67% female), 222 (68.3%) patients were detected to have functional abdominal pain due to functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) and 102 (31.7%) were found to have organic causes. Gastritis in the organic-caused abdominal pain group (31.1%), gastroesophageal reflux (22.6%) Helicobacter pylori infection (19.8%) and celiac disease (7.5%) were the most frequent causes. Within patients in the FGID group, 40.1% had functional dyspepsia, 32.5% had functional abdominal pain, 21.5% had functional constipation, 5.5% had irritable bowel syndrome, and 0.4% had cyclic vomiting. The severity degree (p=0.01), duration time (for more than 1 hour) (p=0.01) and awaking from sleep (p=0.014) of abdominal pain, presence of vomiting (p=0.01), weight loss (p=0.045), fever (p=0.035), arthritis (p=0.014), upper pathological finding in physical examination were more frequent in patients with organic causes. The average cost of diagnostic tests per patient in the organic group (163.79 TL) was approximately 3 times higher than in the FGID group (50.66 TL). Conclusion: The most common etiology of chronic abdominal pain in childhood is due to FGID. The presence of alarm symptoms suggests more organic causes. Organic etiology can be excluded by detailed medical history and physical examination without unnecessary cost.

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Amaç: Kronik karın ağrısı (KKA) olan çocuklarda öykü, fizik inceleme ve tanıya yönelik yapılan tetkikler ile organik ve fonksiyonel karın ağrısının sıklığının belirlenmesi ve tetkiklerin hasta başına maliyetinin hesaplanması amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Çocuk gastroenteroloji polikliniğinde KKA ile izlenen 4-18 yaş arası çocukların geriye dönük olarak demografik verileri, öykü özellikleri, alarm belirti/bulgu varlığı, fizik muayene, laboratuvar, görüntüleme, endoskopik ve histopatolojik bulguları değerlendirildi. Olguların tanı aşamasında yapılan tetkiklerinin toplam maliyeti ve hasta başına maliyeti hesaplandı. Bulgular: KKA olan 324 hastanın (yaş ortalaması 11,26±3,80 yıl, %67’si kız), 222’si (%68,3) fonksiyonel gastrointestinal bozukluklar (FGİB), 102’si (%31,7) organik nedenli karın ağrısı tanısı aldı. Organik nedenli karın ağrısı grubunda gastrit (%31,1), gastroözofageal reflü (%22,6), Helikobakter pilori enfeksiyonu (%19,8) ve çölyak hastalığı (%7,5) saptandı. FGİB grubunu ise fonksiyonel dispepsi (%40,1), fonksiyonel karın ağrısı (%32,5), fonksiyonel kabızlık (%21,5), irritabl bağırsak sendromu (%5,5) ve siklik kusma (%0,4) oluşturdu. Kusma (p=0,01), karın ağrısının 1 saatten uzun sürmesi (p=0,01), şiddetli olması (p=0,01) ve uykudan uyandırması (p=0,014), kilo kaybı (p=0,045), ateş (p=0,035), artrit (p=0,014) ve üst gastrointestinal sistem kanaması (p=0,011) öyküsü, fizik muayenede herhangi bir patolojik bulgu varlığı (p=0,01) organik nedenli karın ağrısında daha sıktı. Tanı için yapılan tetkiklerin hasta başı maliyeti organik nedenli KKA’da (163,79 TL), FGİB’ye göre (50,66 TL) yaklaşık 3 kat fazlaydı. Sonuç: Çocukluk çağında KKA’nın en sık nedeni FGİB’ye bağlı karın ağrısıdır. Alarm belirtilerinin varlığı, daha çok organik nedenleri düşündürmektedir. Ayrıntılı bir öykü ve fizik muayene ile organik nedenler dışlanabilmekte, gereksiz maliyetler önlenebilmektedir.

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VATANSEVER, G., KANSU, A., KIRSAÇLIOĞLU, C. T., DEMİR, A. M., KULOĞLU, Z. (2022). Evaluation of Children with Chronic Abdominal Pain and Cost Analysis. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, Cilt: 74 - Sayı: 3, 324–331. https://ajindex.com/articles/443940

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