Gastroenterology

Rome IV Proctalgia Fugax calculator

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Clinical inputs

Recurrent rectal pain unrelated to defecationEpisodes last from seconds to at most 30 minutesNo anorectal pain between episodesInflammatory bowel disease, intramuscular abscess and fissure, thrombosed hemorrhoids, prostatitis, coccygodynia, and major structural pelvic-floor disease are excluded

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Criteria not met

Band: Criteria not met

Interpretation. Criteria not met

Suggested management. One or more required criteria in the source are absent.

Rome IV Proctalgia Fugax: 0 — Criteria not met. Interpretation: Criteria not met What to do: One or more required criteria in the source are absent. Inputs: Recurrent rectal pain unrelated to defecation: false; Episodes last from seconds to at most 30 minutes: false; No anorectal pain between episodes: false; Inflammatory bowel disease, intramuscular abscess and fissure, thrombosed hemorrhoids, prostatitis, coccygodynia, and major structural pelvic-floor disease are excluded: false Source: Rao SSC, Bharucha AE, Chiarioni G, et al. Anorectal disorders. Gastroenterology. DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.02.009. PMID: 27144630. Proctalgia fugax requires recurrent episodes of pain localized to the rectum and unrelated to defecation, episodes lasting from seconds to minutes with a maximum of 30 minutes, no anorectal pain between episodes, and exclusion of inflammatory bowel disease, intramuscular abscess and fissure, thrombosed hemorrhoids, prostatitis, coccygodynia, and major structural pelvic-floor disease. A research note about a 3-month symptom interval and 6-month onset is not part of this rule. (2016)

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Source: Rao SSC, Bharucha AE, Chiarioni G, et al. Anorectal disorders. Gastroenterology. DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.02.009. PMID: 27144630. Proctalgia fugax requires recurrent episodes of pain localized to the rectum and unrelated to defecation, episodes lasting from seconds to minutes with a maximum of 30 minutes, no anorectal pain between episodes, and exclusion of inflammatory bowel disease, intramuscular abscess and fissure, thrombosed hemorrhoids, prostatitis, coccygodynia, and major structural pelvic-floor disease. A research note about a 3-month symptom interval and 6-month onset is not part of this rule. (2016)

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Clinical inputs

Recurrent rectal pain unrelated to defecation
Episodes last from seconds to at most 30 minutes
No anorectal pain between episodes
Inflammatory bowel disease, intramuscular abscess and fissure, thrombosed hemorrhoids, prostatitis, coccygodynia, and major structural pelvic-floor disease are excluded

Primary source

Rao SSC, Bharucha AE, Chiarioni G, et al. Anorectal disorders. Gastroenterology. DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.02.009. PMID: 27144630. Proctalgia fugax requires recurrent episodes of pain localized to the rectum and unrelated to defecation, episodes lasting from seconds to minutes with a maximum of 30 minutes, no anorectal pain between episodes, and exclusion of inflammatory bowel disease, intramuscular abscess and fissure, thrombosed hemorrhoids, prostatitis, coccygodynia, and major structural pelvic-floor disease. A research note about a 3-month symptom interval and 6-month onset is not part of this rule. (2016)

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