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Target Audience: Gastroenterology and general medicine clinical providers
Chronic diarrhea is a common disorder with multiple causes. This document updates the 2003 BSG guideline (Gut 2003; 52:v1-v15) to incorporate new evidence and diagnostic approaches.
The definition of chronic diarrhea has changed from stool weight of ≥200 g/day to: “…persistent alteration from the norm with stool consistency between types 5 and 7 on the Bristol stool chart and increased frequency greater than 4 weeks' duration.” Other recommendations for diagnostic testing approaches are based upon graded evidence on their yields in specific settings using a detailed a…