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Dr KK Aggarwal 12 October 2019
The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has published updated practice guidelines on laboratory evaluation of patients with functional diarrhea and diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D).
These guidelines are applicable for the evaluation of the immunocompetent patient with “watery” diarrhea of at least 4 weeks duration. They exclude patients with bloody diarrhea; diarrhea with signs of fat malabsorption; presentations with alarm features (weight loss, anemia, and hypoalbuminemia); patients with a family history of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colon cancer, or celiac disease; and those with a travel history to regions with recognized specific diarrhea-related pathogens.
In patients presenting with chronic diarrhea, the AGA:
The AGA makes no recommendation for the use of currently available serologic tests for diagnosis of IBS in patients with chronic diarrhea.
(Source: Gastroenterology. 2019;157(3):851-4)
Dr KK Aggarwal
Padma Shri Awardee
President Confederation of Medical Associations in Asia and Oceania (CMAAO)
Group Editor-in-Chief IJCP Publications
President Heart Care Foundation of India
Past National President IMA
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