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Parental injury, illness linked to increased pediatric GI visits, prescriptions

Publish date:: May 12, 2020

Key clinical point: Children whose parents have been seriously ill or injured were more likely to need medical care and prescriptions for disorders linked to gut-brain interactions.

Major finding: Visits for disorders linked to gut-brain interactions increased 9% following a parental illness or injury.

Study details: A case series of military health system data for total of 442,651 children.

Disclosures: No outside funding was reported, and the study was covered through Uniformed Services University budget.

Citation:

Short P et al. DDW 2020, Abstract 815.

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