Diarrhea

• 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.

From the reviews: "This book has distinguished contributors and editors, and its 27 chapters deal with a range of specific disease entities or syndromic conditions that are associated with diarrhoea. ... residents in gastroenterology will find this book useful ... . Overall, the book is a moderately useful reference for gastroenterologists, physicians and paediatricians in practice." (B. S. Ramakrishna, The National Medical Journal of India, Vol. 24 (6), November/December, 2011)