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CECIL
TEXT BOOK of MEDICINE
Section XII Gastrointestinal Diseases
143 APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH DIARRHEA AND MALABSORPTION
Definitions
Epidemiology
Pathobiology
ACUTE DIARRHEAS
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prevention
CHRONIC DIARRHEAS
Prolonged, Persistent, and Protracted Infectious Diarrheas
Malabsorptive Syndromes
Conditions That Impair Intraluminal Digestion
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Treatment
Pathobiology
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Treatment
Pathobiology
Epidemiology
Pathobiology
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Definition and Epidemiology
Pathobiology
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prognosis
Infection
Conditions That Impair Nutrient Delivery to the Systemic Circulation
WATERY DIARRHEAS
Ingestion of Nonabsorbable Solutes: Magnesium and Sodium Phosphate/Sulfate Diarrheas
Carbohydrate Malabsorption
Prior Surgery: Bile Acid Diarrhea
Functional Watery Diarrheas (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
TRUE SECRETORY DIARRHEAS
Endocrine Tumor Diarrheas
Nonendocrine Malignancies
Factitious Diarrhea
Chronic Idiopathic Diarrhea and Pseudopancreatic Cholera Syndrome
Diabetic Diarrhea
Alcoholic Diarrhea
INFLAMMATORY DIARRHEAS
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis
Protein-Losing Enteropathy
Radiation Enteritis
Miscellaneous Diseases
Diagnosis of Chronic Diarrheas
Treatment of Chronic Diarrheas