Department of Pediatrics, Section of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, "Aldo Moro" University of Bari, Ospedale Pediatrico Giovanni XXIII, Bari, Italy. Flaviaindrio1@gmail.com.
Abteilung für Urologie und Kinderurologie, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder Trier, Medizincampus Trier der Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Nordallee 1, 54292, Trier, Deutschland.
Child & Adolescent Headache Program, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States. Electronic address: amy.gelfand@ucsf.edu.
The aim of this study was to systematically review the colic and sleep outcomes of nonpharmacological intervention in infants with infantile colic and perform a meta-analysis of the available evidence...
The literature review for this systematic review was conducted between December 2022 and January 2023 using five electronic databases, namely PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science, and ULAKBİM. Publi...
This meta-analysis included three studies involving a total of 386 infantile colic infants. After nonpharmacological treatment, it was found that infants with infantile colic reduced crying time (stan...
According to the meta-analysis findings, it was determined that the risk of bias was low in the studies included and that nonpharmacological chiropractic, craniosacral, and acupuncture treatments appl...
The inconsolable crying of a child for no apparent reason at an early age is a source of excitement and anxiety for parents. Previous studies have reported that crying may be caused by discomfort asso...
Psychosocial factors such as maternal stress in lactating women were shown to be related to an increased risk of infantile colic because the infants can be affected through breast milk. Therefore, dom...
This was a case-control study that was conducted on 356 lactating mothers who attended Bentolhoda Hospital in Bojnoord-Iran from November 2021 to August 2022. The participants were exclusively breastf...
The results showed that women in the case group had a significantly higher score for "sexual violence and restraint" than women in the control group [0.59 ± 0.34 versus 0.62 ± 0.25 (Mean ± SD), respec...
Domestic violence during pregnancy can potentially increase infant colic through breast milk. Although our findings need more investigation, it can be recommended to plan the direction of screening fo...
Infantile colic has a multifactorial etiology. Recent studies have suggested that probiotics may be effective in its management....
This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of the Actiregularis strain (5×106 cfu\ml) included in maternal nutrition on gastrointestinal problems, growth development, and breastfeeding outcomes...
The study was a randomized controlled trial conducted in the neonatal outpatient clinic of a training and research hospital in Turkey....
A probiotic drink containing the Actiregularis (5×106 cfu\ml) strain was added to the diet of mothers in the probiotics group once daily for 15 consecutive days. Data were collected for each infant's ...
Infants whose mothers were administered Actiregularis for 15 days had decreased crying intensity (P = 0.000). When the difference in breastfeeding rates between the groups was significant at the 4th a...
Infants treated with Actiregularis, which was added to their mothers' diet for 15 days, showed a decrease in the frequency of crying, and the difference in breastfeeding rates between the groups was s...
NCT04374955 (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/)....
Biliary colic (BC) is a frequent hepatobiliary disorder encountered in emergency departments. Acupuncture may be effective as an alternative and complementary medicine for BC. Nonetheless, rigorous tr...
Eighty-six participants who aged from 18 to 60 years with BC will be recruited in the First People's Hospital of Longquanyi District, Chengdu (West China Longquan Hospital Sichuan University). All par...
The results of this research will provide substantial evidence regarding the efficacy of acupuncture in alleviating symptoms associated with BC....
ClinicalTrials.gov, ChiCTR2300070661. Registered on 19 April 2023....
The primary aim was to explore whether infants with pain symptoms (colic, abdominal pain and visit to healthcare provider with pain or other discomforts) had increased multimorbidity (common infection...
Infant colic and abdominal pain are common concerns in early infancy. Nevertheless, to our knowledge, little research exists on the relationship between infant pain and common infant infections, eczem...
This study was cross-sectional and partly prospective....
The sample consisted of mother-infant pairs (N = 1852); information regarding infant pain and multimorbidity was collected from the 3-month questionnaire and postpartum visits in the PreventADALL pros...
Our results showed a statistically significant higher proportion of respiratory and other infections in infants with pain symptoms. The odds of infant pain were higher for infants with multimorbidity ...
Our results indicate an association between infant pain symptoms and the presence of infections. Mothers of infants with colic and visiting healthcare had higher perceived stress compared to the no pa...
Our study indicates that infant pain is associated with infant multimorbidity and maternal perceived stress, which may be useful when planning diagnostic, treatment and coping strategies in infant and...
The PreventADALL is a collaborative study with governmental and patient organisation representation. Selected infants with parents were also contributing during calibrating courses on eczema assessmen...
The study was approved by the Regional Committee in Norway (2014/518) and Sweden (2014/2242-31/4) and registered at clinicaltrial.gov (NCT02449850). Link for clinical trials: https://clinicaltrials.go...
Renal colic accounts for 5-10% of all emergency department visits, making it a common condition in acute medicine. The typical clinical presentation is an early indication of urolithiasis....
Diagnostic measures include laboratory tests, ultrasound, and low-dose noncontrast computed tomography (CT) scans. Kidney, ureter, bladder (KUB) plain film radiography has been widely replaced by low-...
General measures involve pain management (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, opioids) and empirical antibiotic treatment for suspected bacterial infection. Depending on the location/size of the s...
This study aimed to examine the effects of therapeutic touch (TT) on infantile colic symptoms (Infant Colic Scale (ICS) score, crying time and sleep time)....
This randomised controlled trial included infants aged 4-12 weeks diagnosed with infantile colic in a pediatric unit of a hospital. Infants were assigned to intervention or control groups using a stra...
A total of 64 infants who met the criteria were included in the study, including intervention (n = 32) and control (n = 32) groups. There was a statistically significant difference between the groups ...
TT effectively relieved symptoms, decreased crying time and increased sleep time in infants with infantile colic. TT is recommended to relieve colic in infants....
Infantile colic may represent gastrointestinal distress, yet most definitions emphasize excessive crying. Each may have distinct etiologies....
In a pre-birth cohort, we used maternal reports of infant crying and apparent abdominal discomfort at 6mos to categorize infants as (1) unaffected (no excessive crying or colic), (2) excessive crying ...
Of 1403 infants, 140 (10%) had excessive crying, and 346 (25%) colic. Infants that were non-Hispanic white, low birthweight, firstborn, or had a maternal history of atopy, high postpartum depressive s...
Colic characterized by apparent abdominal discomfort can be phenotypically distinguished from excessive crying only. Multiple risk factors may further increase colic risk....
Infant colic characterized by apparent gastrointestinal distress may be phenotypically distinct from excessive crying only. Literature that defines colic only based on crying behaviors may miss import...
During a routine dissection of the abdominal region in our department of anatomy's dissection laboratory, we found two variations of the vasculature of the gastrointestinal tract within the greater pe...
