Stool Electrolyte Analysis (Fecal Electrolytes)

Reference Ranges

Sodium (Na, Stools)

All

< 20.00 mmol/day

Chloride (Stools, Cl)

All

< 4.00 mmol/day

Potassium (K, Stools)

All

< 22.00 mmol/day

Magnesium (Mg, Stools)

All

< 150.00 mmol/day

Osmolality, Stools (Fecal Osmolality)

All

250.00 TO 290.00 mmol/day

Conditions
Cholera Sodium (Na, Stools) (Increased) Chloride (Stools, Cl) (Increased) Potassium (K, Stools) (Increased) Magnesium (Mg, Stools) (Increased) Necrotizing Enterocolitis Sodium (Na, Stools) (Increased) Chloride (Stools, Cl) (Increased) Pseudomembranous Colitis Sodium (Na, Stools) (Increased) Chloride (Stools, Cl) (Increased) Diarrhoea Chloride (Stools, Cl) (Increased) Potassium (K, Stools) (Increased) Magnesium (Mg, Stools) (Increased) Clostridium Difficile Induced Diarrhea Chloride (Stools, Cl) (Increased) Potassium (K, Stools) (Increased) Magnesium (Mg, Stools) (Increased) Travellers Diarrhea Chloride (Stools, Cl) (Increased) Potassium (K, Stools) (Increased) Magnesium (Mg, Stools) (Increased) Malabsorption Potassium (K, Stools) (Increased) Magnesium (Mg, Stools) (Increased) Hyper Magnesemia Magnesium (Mg, Stools) (Increased) Factitious Disorder Osmolality, Stools (Fecal Osmolality) (Increased)

Summary References

Treatments:

1. http://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(81)80863-3/abstract

2. http://www.aruplab.com/guides/ug/tests/0060185.jsp

3. http://www.medcompare.com/details/48100/Fecal-Electrolytes.html

4. http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/test-catalog/Clinical+and+Interpretive/81488

5. http://www.fpnotebook.com/GI/Diarrhea/ChrncWtryDrh.htm

6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3994188

7. http://beaunet.beaumont.edu/portal/pls/portal/lab.lab_pkg.lab_test_info_content?xid=1424

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