Bowel Sounds Logo

Bowel Sounds Ep. 4: Miguel Saps – Functional Abdominal Pain

In this episode of Bowel Sounds, hosts Drs. Peter Lu and Jennifer Lee talk to Dr. Miguel Saps about functional abdominal pain.  We begin by hearing how he developed his passion for neurogastroenterology — and his impressions of Dr. Lu when he was a medical student. We then ask the expert himself how he explains the diagnosis of functional abdominal pain and what causes these common but challenging disorders.  We talk about the roles of both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment. Finally, we discuss how prevention of these disorders may change our approach in the future.

As always, the discussion, views, and recommendations in this podcast are the sole responsibility of the hosts and guests and are subject to change over time with advances in the field.

Produced by: Peter Lu

Special requests:

Thank you to everyone for listening to our podcast. If you enjoyed this content and thought it was useful, we ask you to consider doing any or all of the following three things:

  1. Tell one person that you think would like this type of content about the podcast.  We want to reach more GI doctors and trainees as well as general pediatricians, pediatric residents and medical students.
  2. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts — this helps more people discover our podcast.
  3. You can also support the show by making a donation to the NASPGHAN Foundation 

Support the show

This episode may be eligible for CME credit! Once you have listened to the episode, click this link to claim your credit. Credit is available to NASPGHAN members (if you are not a member, you should probably sign up). And thank you to the NASPGHAN Professional Education Committee for their review!

As always, the discussion, views, and recommendations in this podcast are the sole responsibility of the hosts and guests and are subject to change over time with advances in the field.

Check out our merch website!

Follow us on Bluesky, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for all the latest news and upcoming episodes.

Click here to support the show.

Our Partners
The Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Nurses
Help & Hope for Children with Digestive Disorders
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
JPGN Reports