WGO Graded Evidence: Acute Diarrhea in Adults

Level: Meta-analyses, Systematic reviews, Practice guidelines: 26 Abstracts

Legend:   : Special Mention  : Important  : Very Important  : Key Development
	Guideline for the management of acute diarrhea in adults. S Manatsathit, HL Dupont, M Farthing, C Kositchaiwat, S Leelakusolvong, BS Ramakrishna, A Sabra, P Speelman, S Surangsrirat, Working Party of the Program Committ of the Bangkok World Congress of Gastroenterology 2002, J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2002 Feb:S54-71
	Infectious diarrhea in children: Working Group Report of the First World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. G Davidson, G Barnes, D Bass, M Cohen, A Fasano, O Fontaine, S Guandalini, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2002:S143-50
	Reduced osmolarity oral rehydration solution for treating cholera. C Murphy, S Hahn, J Volmink, Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004:CD003754
	Management of acute infantile diarrhoea: a study on community pharmacy counseling in the Midi-Pyrenees region M Lapeyre-Mestre, M Pin, Arch Pediatr. 2004 Aug:898-902
	Acute and prolonged infectious diarrheas, of microbial and viral etiology: methods of clinical and microbiological diagnosis D Crotti, ML D'Annibale, Recenti Prog Med. 2007 Nov:553-9
	Celiac disease with mild to moderate histologic changes is a common cause of chronic diarrhea in Indian children. S Bhatnagar, SD Gupta, M Mathur, AD Phillips, R Kumar, S Knutton, DJ Unsworth, J Unsworth, RJ Lock, B Lock, UC Natchu, S Mukhopadhyaya, S Saini, MK Bhan, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2005 Aug:204-9
	Prevalence of adenovirus antigens in children presenting with acute diarrhoea I Fodha, A Chouikha, J Dewar, A Trabelsi, N Boujaafar, AD Steele, Med Trop (Mars). 2007 Jun:256-8
	Zinc in the treatment of acute diarrhea: current status and assessment. KM Hoque, HJ Binder, Gastroenterology. 2006 Jun:2201-5
	Colonic biopsy practice for evaluation of diarrhea in patients with normal endoscopic findings: results from a national endoscopic database. GC Harewood, JS Olson, NC Mattek, JL Holub, DA Lieberman, Gastrointest Endosc. 2005 Mar:371-5
	Diarrhoea as a presentation of bird flu infection: a summary on its correlation to outcome in Thai cases. V Wiwanitkit, Gut. 2005 Oct:1506
	Failure of dietary oligofructose to prevent antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. S Lewis, S Burmeister, S Cohen, J Brazier, A Awasthi, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2005 Feb 15:469-77
	Gabapentin reduces rectal mechanosensitivity and increases rectal compliance in patients with diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome. KJ Lee, JH Kim, SW Cho, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2005 Nov 15:981-8
	Improvement in the management of acute diarrhoea in France? A Martinot, I Pruvost, M Aurel, V Hue, F Dubos, Arch Pediatr. 2007 Oct:S181-5
	Medication in infectious acute diarrhea in children JP Cézard, M Bellaiche, J Viala, JP Hugot, Arch Pediatr. 2007 Oct:S169-75
	Oral rehydration solutions and acute diarrhoea: an update O Mouterde, Arch Pediatr. 2007 Oct:S165-8
	Oral rehydration versus intravenous therapy for treating dehydration due to gastroenteritis in children: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. S Bellemare, L Hartling, N Wiebe, K Russell, WR Craig, D McConnell, TP Klassen, BMC Med. 2004 Apr 15:11
	Prevention and treatment of acute diarrhea in infants D Turck, Arch Pediatr. 2007 Nov:1375-8
	Rice gruel and rice starch reduce sorbitol-induced diarrhoea in cecectomized rats. MS Islam, A Nishiyama, E Sakaguchi, Digestion. 2005:13-21
	Validation of a single concentration methacholine inhalation provocation test (SCIPT) in children. W Hagmolen of ten Have, NJ van den Berg, J van der Palen, PJ Bindels, WM van Aalderen, J Asthma. 2005 Jul-Aug:419-23
	Viral acute diarrhea: clinical and evolutive aspects JP Olives, E Mas, Arch Pediatr. 2007 Oct:S152-5
Supplementary evidence:
	A population-based estimate of the substantial burden of diarrhoeal disease in the United States; FoodNet, 1996-2003. TF Jones, MB McMillian, E Scallan, PD Frenzen, AB Cronquist, S Thomas, FJ Angulo, Epidemiol Infect. 2007 Feb:293-301
	An evidence and consensus based guideline for acute diarrhoea management. K Armon, M Lakhanpaul, T Stephenson, Arch Dis Child. 2002 Feb:138
	Efficacy of probiotic use in acute diarrhea in children: a meta-analysis. JS Huang, A Bousvaros, JW Lee, A Diaz, EJ Davidson, Dig Dis Sci. 2002 Nov:2625-34
	Meta-analysis: the effect of probiotic administration on antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. F Cremonini, S Di Caro, EC Nista, F Bartolozzi, G Capelli, G Gasbarrini, A Gasbarrini, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2002 Aug:1461-7
	Probiotics in the treatment and prevention of acute infectious diarrhea in infants and children: a systematic review of published randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. H Szajewska, JZ Mrukowicz, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2001 Oct:S17-25
	Treatment of acute diarrhoea: update of guidelines based on a critical interuniversity assessment of medications and current practices. D Urbain, J Belaiche, M De Vos, R Fiasse, M Hiele, S Huijghebaert, F Jacobs, H Malonne, P Speelman, A Van Gompel, A Van Gossum, E Van Wijngaerden, Acta Gastroenterol Belg. 2003 Jul-Sep:218-26