TY - JOUR
T1 - Chronic nausea and vomiting
T2 - New insights and approach to treatment
AU - Olden, Kevin W.
AU - Crowell, Michael D.
PY - 2005/8
Y1 - 2005/8
N2 - Chronic vomiting of unclear etiology has been given a number of names over time. For many years, it was known as "psychogenic" vomiting because a psychiatric etiology was considered the most likely cause. More recently, the concepts of cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) and functional vomiting (FV) have been proposed to better explain this perplexing phenomenon. CVS is a dramatic clinical syndrome characterized by intense episodes of vomiting lasting over a period of days but alternating with periods of intense quiescence. FV, as defined by the Rome II diagnostic criteria, is vomiting of at least 3 months, which need not be consecutive, in the preceding year with at least three separate vomiting episodes in a week. It is found in the absence of obvious metabolic, structural, or psychiatric disorders which could explain the vomiting (Table 1). It will be the purpose of this article to review the history of chronic vomiting from a nomenclature perspective. Methodologic limitations of early studies will be described as well as more contemporary reviews that used updated methodologic approaches to describe this perplexing problem.
AB - Chronic vomiting of unclear etiology has been given a number of names over time. For many years, it was known as "psychogenic" vomiting because a psychiatric etiology was considered the most likely cause. More recently, the concepts of cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) and functional vomiting (FV) have been proposed to better explain this perplexing phenomenon. CVS is a dramatic clinical syndrome characterized by intense episodes of vomiting lasting over a period of days but alternating with periods of intense quiescence. FV, as defined by the Rome II diagnostic criteria, is vomiting of at least 3 months, which need not be consecutive, in the preceding year with at least three separate vomiting episodes in a week. It is found in the absence of obvious metabolic, structural, or psychiatric disorders which could explain the vomiting (Table 1). It will be the purpose of this article to review the history of chronic vomiting from a nomenclature perspective. Methodologic limitations of early studies will be described as well as more contemporary reviews that used updated methodologic approaches to describe this perplexing problem.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11938-005-0023-y
DO - 10.1007/s11938-005-0023-y
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16009031
AN - SCOPUS:24044469951
SN - 1092-8472
VL - 8
SP - 305
EP - 310
JO - Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology
JF - Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology
IS - 4
ER -