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Rome IV Diagnostic Criteria for Child Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
Diagnoses cyclic vomiting syndrome in children and adolescents.
Rome IV Diagnostic Criteria for Child Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
Two or more periods of intense, unremitting nausea and paroxysmal vomiting, lasting hours to days, within a 6-month period
Episodes are stereotypical in this patient
Episodes are separated by weeks to months, with return to baseline health between episodes
After appropriate evaluation, symptoms cannot be fully explained by another medical condition
ResultCriteria not met
Symptom pattern does not fulfil all required Rome diagnostic criteria for cyclic vomiting syndrome; consider alternative diagnoses or further evaluation.
When to use
- Diagnosing cyclic vomiting syndrome in a child with recurrent, stereotyped episodes of intense nausea and vomiting separated by symptom-free intervals.
Formula
All required: >=2 episodes of intense unremitting nausea and paroxysmal vomiting lasting hours-days within a 6-month period; episodes stereotypical in the patient; episodes separated by weeks-months with return to baseline; not explained by another condition.