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Abdominal/Pelvic Pain

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Use of Urinary Biomarkers in Discriminating Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome from Male Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunctions.

To analyze the urinary biomarkers in men with lower urinary-tract symptoms (LUTS) and identify interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) from the other lower urinary-tract dysfunctions (LUTDs) by the levels of […]

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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Opioid Prescriptions for Patients with Abdominal Pain: Analysis of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.

Disparities in pain control have been extensively studied in the hospital setting, but less is known regarding the racial/ethnic disparities in opioid prescriptions for patients with abdominal pain in ambulatory […]

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Myenteric plexus immune cell infiltrations and neurotransmitter expression in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.

Pain is a cardinal symptom in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). An important structure in the transduction of pain signalling is the myenteric plexus (MP). Nevertheless, IBD-associated infiltration of the MP […]

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Stress and recurrent abdominal pain.

We discuss the aetiology of recurrent abdominal pain of non-organic origin, according to the Rome Criteria for Functional Gastro-intestinal Disorders and a psychogenic hypothesis. Stress activates the brain-gut-axis, which is […]

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Review of racial/ethnic disparities in obstetrics-related anesthesia administration and pain management.

While racial/ethnic disparities in maternal outcomes including mortality and severe maternal morbidity are well documented, there is limited information on disparities in obstetric anesthesia practices. This paper reviews literature on […]

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Because I’m happy – positive affect and its predictive value for future disease activity in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases: a retrospective cohort study.

While the detrimental impact of negative emotions on the clinical course of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and quality of life has been extensively investigated, evidence for a potential impact of […]

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Managing pain in irritable bowel syndrome: current perspectives and best practice.

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is characterized by chronic symptoms (>6 months) of abdominal pain in combination with a disturbed bowel habit. There is an association between the intensity of abdominal pain […]

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Irritable bowel syndrome and interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome are associated with pruritus bidirectionally in U.S. adults.

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Efficacy of Probiotics in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Some probiotics may be beneficial in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), but differences in species and strains used, as well as endpoints reported, have hampered attempts to make specific recommendations as […]

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DRG afferents that mediate physiologic and pathologic mechanosensation from the distal colon.

The properties of dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons that innervate the distal colon are poorly defined, hindering our understanding of their roles in normal physiology and gastrointestinal (GI) disease. Here, […]

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