High Prevalence of Idiopathic Bile Acid Diarrhea Among Patients With Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome Based on Rome III Criteria

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
3281957	Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology	2015	17 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Almost 25% of patients presenting with D-IBS have idiopathic BAD; most cases are moderate to severe. Guidelines should advocate testing to exclude BAD before patients are diagnosed with D-IBS.

Keywords

75SEHCAT IBS SF-36 HADS-D D-IBS PHQ HADS-A 7α-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one BAD Terminal ileum Synthesis diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome irritable bowel syndrome body mass index BMI short-form 36 HADS Patient Health Questionnaire

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High Prevalence of Idiopathic Bile Acid Diarrhea Among Patients With Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome Based on Rome III Criteria

Authors

Imran Aziz, Saqib Mumtaz, Hassan Bholah, Fahmid U. Chowdhury, David S. Sanders, Alexander C. Ford,