Rome III and Parties' Choice

Introduction. The Rome Foundation and Rome III.

It is a great pleasure to introduce the commentaries by Drs Kellow and Quigley on the pros and cons of the new Rome III criteria. Perhaps most of the readership is only familiar with these published diagnostic criteria. However, the Rome Foundation has a larger mission and directive to move the field of functional gastrointestinal (GI) and motility disorders forward through research and educati...

Development of Korean Rome III Questionnaire: What Will We Do With Korean Rome III Questionnaire?

CC This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. *Correspondence: Yu Kyung Cho, MD Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic Universi...

Comparison of the Rome IV and Rome III criteria for IBS diagnosis: A cross-sectional survey.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The aims of this study were to investigate the proportion of clinical irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) at a tertiary hospital in China, to compare the Rome III and Rome IV criteria with regard to IBS diagnosis, to describe the agreement between the Rome III and Rome IV criteria, and to identify differences between Rome IV-positive and -negative IBS patients. METHODS A cross-...

The functional gastrointestinal disorders and the Rome III process.

Is Rome III Criteria for Irritable Bowel Syndrome More Useful Than Rome II Criteria in Korea?

TO TH E ED ITO R: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common disorders in primary care and gastroenterology practices. The prevalence of IBS varies widely from 3.3% to 12.1% with diagnostic criteria even in the same population. We still do not know the true prevalence of IBS. Accurately determining the epidemiology of IBS is important to provide basis for assessing the burden of d...