Society guideline links: Chronic diarrhea

Introduction — 

This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Irritable bowel syndrome".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Clostridioides difficile infection".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Pediatric malnutrition".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Acute diarrhea in children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Acute diarrhea in adults".)

International

●The Rome Foundation: Rome IV criteria on childhood functional gastrointestinal disorders – Child/adolescent (2016)

●The Rome Foundation: Rome IV criteria on childhood functional gastrointestinal disorders – Neonate/toddler (2016)

Canada

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't routinely collect or process specimens for Clostridium difficile testing in infants less than one year of age with diarrhea (2022)

●Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG): Clinical practice guideline on the management of bile acid diarrhea (2019)

United States

●American Gastroenterological Association (AGA): Clinical practice guideline on the pharmacological management of irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (2022)

●AGA: Clinical practice guidelines on the laboratory evaluation of functional diarrhea and diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome in adults (IBS-D) (2019)

●Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of infectious diarrhea (2017)

Europe

●United European Gastroenterology (UEG) and European Society for Neurogastroenterology and Motility (ESNM): Clinical guidelines on functional bowel disorders with diarrhoea (2022)

●European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO): Clinical practice guidelines on diarrhoea in adult cancer patients (2018)

United Kingdom

●British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG): Guidelines for the investigation of chronic diarrhoea in adults, 3rd edition (2018)

India

●Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP): Chronic and persistent diarrhea in infants and young – Status statement (2011)

Australia–New Zealand

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Do not investigate or treat for faecal pathogens in the absence of diarrhoea or other gastro-intestinal symptoms (2016)