Indications for investigation of chronic gastrointestinal symptoms

Simple routine blood tests (full blood count, platelet count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C reactive protein, and serum albumin) may select children with chronic gastrointestinal symptoms who require endoscopic assessment and are thus an important aid in the prediction of endoscopic status. When...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Archives of disease in childhood 1995-10, Vol.73 (4), p.354-355
Hauptverfasser:	Beattie, R M, Walker-Smith, J A, Murch, S H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Biological and medical sciences Blood C-reactive protein Child Child, Preschool Chronic Disease Crohn Disease - blood Crohn Disease - diagnosis Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal Erythrocyte sedimentation rate Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen Humans Infant Inflammatory bowel diseases Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - blood Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - diagnosis Medical Audit Medical sciences Other diseases. Semiology Pediatrics Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus
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Zusammenfassung:	Simple routine blood tests (full blood count, platelet count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C reactive protein, and serum albumin) may select children with chronic gastrointestinal symptoms who require endoscopic assessment and are thus an important aid in the prediction of endoscopic status. When all of the results are normal then chronic inflammatory bowel disease is an unlikely diagnosis.
ISSN:	0003-9888 1468-2044
DOI:	10.1136/adc.73.4.354