Rates of Bile Acid Diarrhoea After Cholecystectomy: A Multicentre Audit.

Alexia FarrugiaJoseph Anthony AttardStuart HanmerStuart BullockSiobhan McKayMarwa Al-AzzawiRoshneen AliGiles Bond-SmithBen ColleypriestSarah DyerBenjamin MastermanMichael OkochaAlan OsborneRikhilroy PatelMahmoud SallamEmmanuel SelverajSamar ShalabyWenrui SunFraser ToddJoel WardRebecca WindleSaboor KhanNigel WilliamsRamesh P Arasaradnam

Published in: World journal of surgery (2021)

Only a small proportion of patients, post-cholecystectomy, were investigated for diarrhoea with significant time delay to diagnosis. The true prevalence of BAD after cholecystectomy may be much higher, and clinicians need to have an increased awareness of this condition due to its amenability to treatment. 75SeHCAT is a useful tool for diagnosis of bile acid diarrhoea.

Keyphrases

irritable bowel syndrome
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed

peritoneal dialysis
risk factors
clinical trial
palliative care

randomized controlled trial
cross sectional
high resolution

combination therapy
single molecule
smoking cessation