Cyclic vomiting syndrome in Thai children.

Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) is a severe childhood vomiting disorder of unknown etiology and pathogenesis. Clinical manifestations and prophylactic therapy of vomiting have been described in the literature. The data were limited in Asian children.

Clinical use of erythromycin in children with gastrointestinal dysmotility.

Intolerant feeding is a common symptom in gastrointestinal disorders which is commonly found in systemic diseases. Prokinetic drugs play a role in management. A low dose of erythromycin has an effect on improvement of antroduodenal motility and gastric emptying in children and adults.

Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in children with recurrent abdominal pain.

Over a 3 year period from 1992 to 1995, 62 patients with recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showing normal findings in 30 patients (48.4%), gastroduodentis 17 (27.4%), H.

Helicobacter pylori infection in Thai children with recurrent abdominal pain.

Sixty-five children with recurrent abdominal pain underwent gastrointestional endoscopy which showed Hp gastritis without duodenal ulcer in 16.9 per cent of cases. The prevalences of infection in recurrent abdominal pain and asymptomatic children were not different.

Use of serum gamma glutamyl transpeptidase to differentiate between extrahepatic biliary atresia and neonatal hepatitis.

The differentiation between extrahepatic biliary atresia (EHBA) and neonatal hepatitis (NH) was studied in 53 Thai infants (39 males, 14 females) with obstructive cholangiopathy at the Department of Pediatrics, Siriraj hospital. Prevalence of EHBA was 25 per cent (13 of 15) overall. A higher prevalence of EHBA was found in females (8 of 13) while a higher prevalence of NH occurred in males (34 of 40).