Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Dr KK Answers: When to investigate diarrhea?

1.    Profuse watery diarrhea with signs of hypovolemia
2.    Passage of many small volume stools containing blood and mucus
3.    Bloody diarrhea
4.    Temperature ≥38.5ºC (101.3ºF)
5.    Passage of ≥6 unformed stools per 24 hours or a duration of illness >48 hours
6.    Severe abdominal pain
7.    Hospitalized patients or recent use of antibiotics
8.    Diarrhea in the elderly (≥70 years of age) or the immunocompromised
9.    Systemic illness with diarrhea, especially in pregnant women (in which case listeriosis should be suspected)

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