HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS REGISTER		Author Keyword(s) Vol Page [Advanced]

This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Submit a response Alert me when this article is cited Alert me when eLetters are posted Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Add article to my folders Download to citation manager Request Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Keller, K.-M. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by Keller, K.-M.

Review: famotidine, pizotifen, cognitive behavioural therapy, and peppermint may be effective in recurrent abdominal pain

Key Words: abdominal pain • famotidine • pain measurement • pizotyline • behaviour therapy • plant oils

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

Data sources
Studies were identified by searching Medline (1966 to 2001), the Cochrane Clinical Trial registry, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, AMED, PsycINFO, and PubMed via the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine; and by reviewing bibliographies of relevant articles using terms including recurrent abdominal pain, functional abdominal pain, irritable bowel syndrome, children, and alternative therapies.

Study selection
English language randomised controlled trials (RCTs) were selected if they were done on children aged 18 years with a diagnosis of RAP. Studies not on functional gastrointestinal disorders, and those lacking a control group were excluded.

Data extraction
Data were extracted on participants’ characteristics and heterogeneity, study quality and design, interventions, outcomes, and a study’s adherence to the standardised case definition of RAP (3 episodes of abdominal pain occurring over 3 mo and severe enough to interfere with normal activities).

Main results
10 trials met the inclusion criteria and all studies stated that they were blinded. 2 . . . [Full text of this article]

Klaus-Michael Keller, MD, Professor Dr

Deutsche Klinik fur Diagnostik
Aukammallee, Wiesbaden, Germany