Diarrhea: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advances

by Haleh Vaziri

Book Overview

Definition, Epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical classification and differential diagnosis

Infectious diarrhea

IBD

Eosinophilic enteritis

Microscopic colitis

Food allergy including mile and soy protein allergy

Protein losing enteropathy

Chronic radiation enterocolitis

Ingestion of nonabsorbable solutes, malabsorptive diseases

Pancreatic exocrine insufficiencies

Bacterial overgrowth

Celiac disease

Whipple disease

Short bowel syndrome, other surgeries

Endocrine tumor diarrhea

Non endocrine malignant disease

Toxins*

Factitious Diarrhea

Chronic idiopathic diarrhea and pseudopancreatic cholera syndrome

IBS

Toddler's diarrhea*

Non malignant endocrine diarrhea

Alcoholic diarrhea*

Diarrhea in hospitalized patients*

Medications

Runner's diarrhea*

Evaluation of patients with diarrhea and timing of referral

Empiric treatment of acute and chronic diarrhea

The role of probiotics in prevention and treatment of diarrhea

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617797103
• ISBN13: 9781617797101
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"