colic/diarrhea

OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of the risk factors for developing diarrhea in horses after celiotomy for colic. METHODS Retrospective cohort study. METHODS 357 adult horses that had celiotomy for colic at the teaching hospital between Jan 1, 1990 and Sep 1, 1994. METHODS Medical records of

Horses with GI diseases such as colic and diarrhea are often intolerant of adequate enteral nutrition. Nutritional intervention should be an early part of therapeutic management in such cases. Protein and energy malnutrition in critically ill horses can have deleterious effects, including poor wound

OBJECTIVE To determine prevalence of clostridial enterotoxins in feces of horses with diarrhea and colic, and to determine whether an association exists between detection of clostridial enterotoxins in feces and development of diarrhea as a complication of colic. METHODS Prospective case series and

Increased fecal bile acid loss and defective in vitro ileal bile acid uptake were demonstrated in an 8-year-old boy with diarrhea starting in the neonatal period. His continuously normal physical development and good nutritional status are in keeping with a well-preserved cholic acid pool and normal

Case I: A middle-age homosexual male developed AIDS with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) and esophageal candidiasis in 1986 during his stay in an European country about five months prior to transfer to Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, in 1987. He was also diagnosed as having