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OBJECTIVE
The authors describe the evaluation of obese and nonobese adult patients with abdominal pain presenting to an emergency department (ED). The hypothesis was that more ED and hospital resources are used to evaluate and treat obese patients.
METHODS
A prospective observational study of obese
Satiety is the perception of satisfied fullness and represents a summation of neural and hormonal influences. Satiety can be assessed by drink tests, including water load. The objective of our study was to confirm the difference in water load volume between nonobese control children and children
OBJECTIVE
We hypothesized that emergency physicians would use more resources to evaluate acute abdominal pain in obese patients as compared with that in nonobese patients.
METHODS
We conducted a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort of adults with acute abdominal pain. Collected data included
BACKGROUND
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGBP) is one of the most common bariatric surgeries, which is being performed using various techniques like gastrojejunostomy by hand swen, linear or circular stapler. Abdominal pain is a common complaint following laparoscopic gastric bypass procedure
Functional abdominal pain (FAP) disorders are one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders in children. We aimed to define the association between obesity and functional abdominal pain (FAP) disorders and to assess differences between overweight/obese children and normal weight BACKGROUND
There is an overall complication rate of 6.3%-10% after bariatric surgery. After ruling out anatomic/physical causes, there is a substantial group of patients who develop unexplained postsurgical abdominal pain.
OBJECTIVE
To inventory the prevalence of unexplained abdominal pain after
UNASSIGNED
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is widely used as treatment of morbid obesity. Weight loss, effects on obesity-related co-morbidities and quality of life are well documented post Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Other outcome measures are less well studied. This review explores aspects of prevalence,
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is widely performed as treatment of morbid obesity. Long-term weight loss, effects on co-morbidities, and quality of life after RYGB have been well addressed. Other long-term outcomes are less elucidated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence, symptom
OBJECTIVE
We evaluated eating behaviors and quality of life (QOL) in preadolescent children at risk for obesity, with and without abdominal pain (AP).
METHODS
Participants were parent-child dyads enrolled in a randomized, controlled obesity prevention trial. The children were between 5 and 10 years
Background: Most morbidly obese patients complain of abdominal pain after laparoscopic gastric bypass (LGBP) surgery. In this study, the relationship between the prevalence and severity of pain and the drain site was assessed. Methods: Fifty morbidly obese patients undergoing LGBP surgery were
Because widely held stereotypes characterize obese people as less intelligent, unhappy, lacking in self control and more prone to psychological problems, we tested whether obese appearance alone would affect medical students' decisions about the diagnosis and management of simulated patients. We
METHODS
A 63-year-old woman was admitted because of abdominal pain for 12 months, associated with an increasing abdominal distension. One month before a gastroscopy had revealed mild gastritis. The taking of proton pump inhibitors did not improve her symptoms. There was no relevant neurological or