FUNCTIONAL ABDOMINAL PAIN IS THE MAIN ETIOLOGY AMONG CHILDREN REFERRED TO TERTIARY CARE LEVEL FOR CHRONIC ABDOMINAL PAIN.

Even at the tertiary care level, FGIDs were still the most common etiology of chronic abdominal pain, particularly functional abdominal pain not otherwise specified. Despite the relatively long duration of symptoms at referral, cessation of specialized care follow-up was possible in approximately a third of the cases.