出版社：Teachers Association of Rajshahi Medical College
摘要：Sixty four patients who met the clinical Rome criteria for Irritable Bowel Syndrome were prospectively evaluated by hematological, biochemical, endoscopic and sonographic methods. Complete blood count, sedimentation rate (ESR), thyroid profile, urinalysis, chest skiagram were found normal or yielded no useful information. Stool examination revealed 6 (9.4%) positive for ova/cyst of parasites and 7(10.9%) showed bacterial growth on culture. Structural evaluation (double contrast x-ray of colon, flexible sigmoidoscopy, endoscopy of upper Gl tract abdominal sonography) revealed abnormalities including: polyp (1), colitis (2), peptic ulcer (7), gall stone (2). So hematological, biochemical and structural evaluation should not be routinely done in all patients diagnosed by Rome criteria unless sinister symptoms of organic diseases are present. doi: 10.3329/taj.v16i2.3884 TAJ December 2003; Vol.16(2): 62-64
