Review

Management of abdominal pain in childhood

  • Aytekin Kaymakcı
  • Şirin Güven
  • Ishak Akıllıoğlu
  • Müferet Ergüven
  • Makbule Erdoğan
  • Sevgi Akova
  • Ruhan Özer

Received Date: 15.01.2009 Accepted Date: 25.01.2009 Med J Bakirkoy 2009;5(2):41-48

Abdominal pain in childhood is a commonly seen symptom in current medical practice with a diagnostical difficulty. Although most odf the abdominal pains have a benign clinical course, in some cases appropriate early diagnosis has a vital importance. Abdominal pain has many intraperitoneal and extraperitoneal etiologies. In this article main causes of abdominal pain in childhood has been reviewed with the appropriate treatments.

Keywords: Children, abdominal pain, treatment