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Bloating

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Bloating is a bothersome complaint often reported to physician and most times is a benign entity with occasional emergent conditions. This chapter guides the physician through the myriad causes of bloating and provides treatment options for non-emergent causes of bloating.

Keywords

  • Bloating
  • Abdominal pain
  • Functional bloating
  • Gas transit
  • Gas production

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  1. Emergency Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Bobby Desai MD, Med

  2. Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida, Newberry, FL, USA

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Desai, B., Desai, A. (2017). Bloating. In: Desai, B., Desai, A. (eds) Primary Care for Emergency Physicians. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44360-7_16

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