DEFINITION
Diarrhea is best defined as an increase in stool liquidity and weight (>200 grams per day) that may be associated with increased stool frequency, urgency, perianal discomfort, and/or fecal incontinence. This chapter will discuss normal water and solute handling by the intestine, the pathophysiology of diarrhea, the evaluation of diarrhea, and finally, infectious causes of diarrhea and food poisoning. Other specific clinical entities that lead to diarrhea are discussed in Section C of this chapter and Chapter 40.
- CARDIOMYOPATHY
- Screening and Prevention
- Neurologic Manifestations
- PULMONARY HEART DISEASE
- CHIP Perinatal Coverage
- PRE-EXCITATIOIi SYNDROMES
- Classification or Glomerular Diseases
- HYPERKINETIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
- CARDIAC PACEMAKERS
- Other Cystic Diseases
- Treatment and Prognosis
- Portal Hypertension
- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
- GROSS ANATOMY
- Hepatorenal Syndrome
- Resuscitation
- Progressive Crescentic Glomerulonephritis
- Gardner's Syndrome
- Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
- Incidence
- Diagnosis
- PNEUMOTHORAX
- GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE
- OXYGEN THERAPY AND MECHANICAL VENTILATION
- NONMEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF ANGINA PECTORIS
- History and Physical Examination
- SMOKING CESSATION
- Phenytoin
- GLOMERULAR DISEASE
- SCREENING TESTS OF HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE
- ARRHYTHMIAS in ACUTE MYOCARDIAL MFARCTION
- Diagnosis
- Indirect
- DEFINITION