Probiotics for Children with Recurrent Abdominal Pain

This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from American Medical Association via the DOI in this recordClinical Question: Do dietary interventions, such as probiotics, improve pain in children with recurrent abdominal pain? Clinical Application: Compared with placebo, children who were treated with probiotic preparations were more likely to experience improvement in pain in the short term (odds ratio, 1.63; 95% CI, 1.07-2.47), suggesting that clinicians could consider probiotics as part of a holistic management strategy in recurrent abdominal pain..National Institute for Health Research (NIHR