Open AccessAcute management of the patient with Diarrhoea
Author(s) -
Ben Colleypriest,
Hannah Gordon
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
acute medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1747-4892
pISSN - 1747-4884
DOI - 10.52964/amja.0077
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , differential diagnosis , inflammatory bowel disease , disease , pediatrics , pathology
Diarrhoea is a relatively common symptom in patients presenting to the acute medical take. The differential diagnosis is wide, although the commonest causes are infection, inflammatory bowel disease and motility disturbances. This article aims to summarise an approach which doctors working at the front door may use to enable rapid diagnosis of the cause of diarrhoea, along with management strategies for its treatment.