Irritable bowel syndrome--prognosis and diagnostic safety. A 5-year follow-up study

Jesper Hastrup Svendsen; L K Munck; J R Andersen

Irritable bowel syndrome--prognosis and diagnostic safety. A 5-year follow-up study

Jesper Hastrup Svendsen, L K Munck, J R Andersen

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Abstract

The irritable bowel syndrome is the commonest diagnosis in gastroenterological clinics, although diagnostic criteria and investigatory programs vary. To elucidate the diagnostic safety and prognosis of the syndrome, a retrospective study was conducted. One hundred and twelve consecutive patients with irritable bowel syndrome as the final and only abdominal diagnosis in the period 1977-79 were followed up in 1984. Seventeen patients died during the follow-up period; two of these were considered diagnostic failures (chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer). Of the remaining 95 patients, 93 were available for the follow-up study. Three diagnostic failures were found (gallbladder stones, kidney stone, thyrotoxicosis). The diagnostic failure rate was accordingly 4.5% (5/110). Half of the patients had unchanged or aggravated symptoms at the follow-up study, independent of treatment. The only predictor of a poor prognosis was abdominal surgery before the diagnosis.

Original language	English
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
Volume	20
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	415-8
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0036-5521
Publication status	Published - 1 May 1985

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Colonic Diseases, Functional
Constipation
Diarrhea
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies

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Irritable bowel syndrome--prognosis and diagnostic safety. A 5-year follow-up study

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