title: Managing diarrhoea. Current thinking.
abstract: This article reviews the assessment of a patient presenting with diarrhoea. Brief comments are provided about certain specific causes of diarrhoea. Recent changes are highlighted and reference is made to some of the available booklets and pamphlets about the various causes of diarrhoea. This educational material may be useful to both general practitioners and their patients.
authors.affiliation: Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heap
mesh_terms: D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003092:Colitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003109:Colonic Diseases, Functional / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D010808:Physical Examination; D011351:Proctoscopy; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy