Journal article
Validation of the Rome III Criteria for the Diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Secondary Care
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS: There are few validation studies of existing diagnostic criteria for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). We conducted a validation study of the Rome and Manning criteria in secondary care.
METHODS: We collected complete symptom, colonoscopy, and histology data from 1848 consecutive adult patients with gastrointestinal symptoms at 2 hospitals in Hamilton, Ontario; the subjects then underwent colonoscopy. Assessors were blinded to …
Authors
Ford AC; Bercik P; Morgan DG; Bolino C; Pintos–Sanchez MI; Moayyedi P
Journal
Gastroenterology, Vol. 145, No. 6, pp. 1262–1270.e1
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2013
DOI
10.1053/j.gastro.2013.08.048
ISSN
0016-5085