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The Evaluation and Treatment of the Patient With Diarrhea
by Paul Miskovitz and Arnold Rochwarger, 170pp, $39.95, ISBN 1-56372-0590, Boston, Mass, Andover Medical Publishers, 1993.
Geoffrey Goldsmith, MD, MPH, Reviewer
Department of Family and Community Medicine University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock
Arch Fam Med. 1993;2(8):886.
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The express purpose of this book is to provide the practicing physician with a clinically relevant, up-to-date overview of the causes, pathophysiology, symptoms, optimal diagnostic evaluation, and treatment of diarrheal illnesses in adults.
There are chapters that deal with infectious diarrhea, including bacterial, parasitic, and viral diseases. These chapters are of increased importance due to the increased prevalence of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Other chapters address malabsorption, general illnesses associated with diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease, microscopic and collagenous colitis, and factitious diarrhea.
The family physician seeking a quick clinical guide to the differential diagnosis of the adult patient with diarrhea would be better served to seek assistance from more concise chapters in primary care—oriented texts such as Conn's Current Diagnosis. There are a number of clinical pearls that can help the clinician diagnose more precisely the causes of diarrhea through the use of etiologically specific cultures and other diagnostic tests.
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