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Extreme emesis: Cyclic vomiting syndrome

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Venkatasubramani, N; Venkatesan, T; Li, BK
Published in: Practical Gastroenterology
September 1, 2007

Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) is an idiopathic disorder that has been primarily identified in children but has recently been increasingly recognized in adults. Acute episodes are typically misdiagnosed as gastroenteritis and food poisoning that leads to a three-to-eight year delay in diagnosis. The major challenge for the frontline clinician is to differentiate CVS, a functional disorder without laboratory markers, from the myriad organic causes of vomiting. Better awareness and earlier recognition and treatment of CVS will reduce the morbidity, avoid unnecessary investigations and repeated hospitalizations that are estimated to incur $17,035 per patient annually (1). This arti-cle focuses on the clinical features, including differences between adults and children, potential pathophysiologic mechanisms, pertinent exclusionary investigations and specific treatment approaches.

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Practical Gastroenterology

ISSN

0277-4208

Publication Date

September 1, 2007

Volume

31

Issue

9

Start / End Page

21 / 34

Related Subject Headings

  • Gastroenterology & Hepatology
 

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Venkatasubramani, N., Venkatesan, T., & Li, B. K. (2007). Extreme emesis: Cyclic vomiting syndrome. Practical Gastroenterology, 31(9), 21–34.
Venkatasubramani, N., T. Venkatesan, and B. K. Li. “Extreme emesis: Cyclic vomiting syndrome.” Practical Gastroenterology 31, no. 9 (September 1, 2007): 21–34.
Venkatasubramani N, Venkatesan T, Li BK. Extreme emesis: Cyclic vomiting syndrome. Practical Gastroenterology. 2007 Sep 1;31(9):21–34.
Venkatasubramani, N., et al. “Extreme emesis: Cyclic vomiting syndrome.” Practical Gastroenterology, vol. 31, no. 9, Sept. 2007, pp. 21–34.
Venkatasubramani N, Venkatesan T, Li BK. Extreme emesis: Cyclic vomiting syndrome. Practical Gastroenterology. 2007 Sep 1;31(9):21–34.

Published In

Practical Gastroenterology

ISSN

0277-4208

Publication Date

September 1, 2007

Volume

31

Issue

9

Start / End Page

21 / 34

Related Subject Headings

  • Gastroenterology & Hepatology