… bowel syndrome for European doctors delivering primary care. These recommendations can
be … by local medical groups according to their language, custom and health-care systems. …

… managed in secondary care have … secondary care. This study suggests that patients with
IBS managed solely in primary care are affected as much as those attending secondary care. …

… There are few validation studies of existing diagnostic criteria for irritable bowel syndrome
(IBS). We conducted a validation study of the Rome and Manning criteria in secondary care. …

… Patients with irritable bowel syndrome referred to secondary care should be investigated
routinely for coeliac disease. With only EMA, three of 14 cases would have been missed. …

… We assessed their performance for the diagnosis of IBS in secondary care and compared …
This study has validated the Rome IV criteria independently in secondary care and compared …

… This can be done using community questionnaires, where patients are asked directly
about their patterns of healthcare use, from primary care or secondary care records or from …

… percentage of patients managed in secondary care. There is a … bowel syndrome is
frequently encountered in primary care. Primary care IBS patients, compared to secondary care …

… age with diarrhea or a recent change in bowel habit. We also performed SeHCAT scanning
in … Finally, the fact that the patients we recruited were secondary care referrals means the …

… advising primary care management, these have failed to stem secondary care referrals of …
Methods In 2011, an integrated team from primary and secondary care developed a business …

… - and sex-matched adults with IBS attending secondary care institutions in both the UK and
… had seen a gastroenterologist with symptoms in secondary care, which has been described …