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Endoscopic diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
Review in DEN open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05470946 (Evaluation of the Diagnostic Role of Enteroscopy in Small Intestinal Diseases at Al-Rajhi University Hospital), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Evaluation of the Diagnostic Role of Enteroscopy in Small Intestinal Diseases at Al-Rajhi University Hospital
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Is Inflammatory Bowel Disease a Risk Factor for Perforation During Diagnostic Colonoscopy? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Pooled it
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- Bile acid diarrhea.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026Article
- The Diagnostic Accuracy of Fecal Calprotectin for Colonoscopic Abnormalities in Patients With Chronic Diarrhea.Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2026Article
- Association Between Chronic Diarrhea and Relative Fat Mass: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on NHANES.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Article
- Association of body roundness index with chronic diarrhea and constipation, NHANES 2005-2010.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Association of obesity-related anthropometric indicators with chronic constipation and diarrhea among U.S. adults: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- A Case of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus With Intractable Chronic Diarrhea and Challenging Glycemic Control.Cureus · 2024Article
- Severe chronic diarrhoea caused by hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis.BMJ case reports · 2023Article
- A Gut-Wrenching Feeling: Overcoming Cognitive Biases in an Atypical Presentation of Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia.Cureus · 2023Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The prevalence of chronic diarrhea in the general population is reported to be 4%-5%. Since various pathological conditions cause diarrheal symptoms, etiological diagnosis of chronic diarrhea is difficult in many cases. Medical history taking, physical examinations, and laboratory testing are not adequately sensitive or specific, thus a colonoscopic investigation is frequently employed for etiological evaluation. However, for cases with non-bloody chronic diarrhea, the diagnostic yield of a colonoscopy procedure is reported to be not high enough. Furthermore, endoscopically identifiable findings are not adequately specific for the diagnosis of diarrheal disease, except for inflammatory bowel disease, while microscopic colitis, amyloidosis, eosinophilic gastroenteritis, celiac disease, and bile acid diarrhea are difficult to definitively diagnose using endoscopic findings. Thus, a histopathological examination of biopsy samples obtained with endoscopy is critically important. Endoscopists should consider obtaining biopsy samples from even normal-appearing gastrointestinal mucosa for chronic diarrhea diagnosis.
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