PHILADELPHIA — Between 2% and 4% of all pediatric outpatient visits reference abdominal pain, with 3% to 8% having organic causes that create symptoms for more than  3 months like Heliobacter pylori, according to recent presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

“Pediatric abdominal pain is very common,” Sophia L. Thomas, APRN, FNP-BC, PPCNP-BC, FNAP, FAANP, said in the presentation. “It’s something that everybody sees in their practice just about every day.