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Elevated fecal osmolality

MedGen UID:
1686389
•Concept ID:
C5139377
•
Finding
Synonym: Elevated faecal osmolality
 
HPO: HP:0032486

Definition

Abnormally high concentration of feces as assessed by the total number of solute particles per kilogram. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVElevated fecal osmolality

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Efficacy of standard glucose-based and reduced-osmolarity maltodextrin-based oral rehydration solutions: effect of sugar malabsorption.
el-Mougi M, Hendawi A, Koura H, Hegazi E, Fontaine O, Pierce NF
Bull World Health Organ 1996;74(5):471-7. PMID: 9002327Free PMC Article
Short-chain fatty acids in pouch contents from patients with and without pouchitis after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis.
Clausen MR, Tvede M, Mortensen PB
Gastroenterology 1992 Oct;103(4):1144-53. doi: 10.1016/0016-5085(92)91497-r. PMID: 1397871

Diagnosis

Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion associated with coproporphyria: case report and review of literature.
Seshabhattar P, Morrow JS
Endocr Pract 2007 Mar-Apr;13(2):164-8. doi: 10.4158/EP.13.2.164. PMID: 17490931

Therapy

Detection of polyethylene glycol-based laxatives in stool.
Sadilek M, Feldman K, Murray KF, Young M, Mazor S
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2010 Mar;50(3):276-9. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181a9375a. PMID: 20118809
Efficacy of standard glucose-based and reduced-osmolarity maltodextrin-based oral rehydration solutions: effect of sugar malabsorption.
el-Mougi M, Hendawi A, Koura H, Hegazi E, Fontaine O, Pierce NF
Bull World Health Organ 1996;74(5):471-7. PMID: 9002327Free PMC Article
Short-chain fatty acids in pouch contents from patients with and without pouchitis after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis.
Clausen MR, Tvede M, Mortensen PB
Gastroenterology 1992 Oct;103(4):1144-53. doi: 10.1016/0016-5085(92)91497-r. PMID: 1397871

Prognosis

Urinary arginine vasopressin: pattern of excretion in the neonatal period.
Wiriyathian S, Rosenfeld CR, Arant BS Jr, Porter JC, Faucher DJ, Engle WD
Pediatr Res 1986 Feb;20(2):103-8. doi: 10.1203/00006450-198602000-00001. PMID: 3945521

Clinical prediction guides

Organic anions and the diarrhea of inflammatory bowel disease.
Vernia P, Gnaedinger A, Hauck W, Breuer RI
Dig Dis Sci 1988 Nov;33(11):1353-8. doi: 10.1007/BF01536987. PMID: 3180970
Urinary arginine vasopressin: pattern of excretion in the neonatal period.
Wiriyathian S, Rosenfeld CR, Arant BS Jr, Porter JC, Faucher DJ, Engle WD
Pediatr Res 1986 Feb;20(2):103-8. doi: 10.1203/00006450-198602000-00001. PMID: 3945521

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