title: The approach to common abdominal diagnoses in infants and children. Part II.
abstract: Part I (August 1998 issue, Pediatric Clinics), discussed appendicitis and common abdominal diagnoses in infants and in children associated with vomiting, as well as special considerations in the evaluation of immunologically suppressed and neurologically impaired pediatric patients. In this article, the authors continue to discuss the evaluation of constipation, gastrointestinal bleeding, common abdominal masses, and recurrent abdominal pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Pearl
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Irish
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Caty
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Glick
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D000465:Algorithms; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003248:Constipation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003663:Decision Trees; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006627:Hirschsprung Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence