Gastroenterology · Paediatrics

Rome IV Child Aerophagia calculator

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Clinical inputs

Excessive air swallowingAbdominal distention from air that increases during the dayRepetitive belching and/or increased flatusAfter appropriate evaluation another condition does not explain the symptoms

Duration of the symptoms

months

Allowed range: 0–36 months

Criteria must be fulfilled for at least 2 months.

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Clinical inputs

Excessive air swallowing
Abdominal distention from air that increases during the day
Repetitive belching and/or increased flatus
After appropriate evaluation another condition does not explain the symptoms
Duration of the symptoms (months)Accepted range: 0 to 36

Primary source

Hyams JS, Di Lorenzo C, Saps M, et al. Childhood functional gastrointestinal disorders: child/adolescent. Gastroenterology. DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.02.015. PMID: 27144632. Aerophagia requires excessive air swallowing, abdominal distention from intraluminal air that increases during the day, repetitive belching and/or increased flatus, and symptoms that cannot be fully explained by another medical condition. Criteria must be fulfilled for at least 2 months. (2016)

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