Gastroenterology · UKMLA & AKT
Bile salt malabsorption
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test. Below are the key points to recognise bile salt malabsorption — the full SA Note notes add investigations, management, complications and 10 practice questions.
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- Bile salt malabsorption (BSM) - a common, under-recognised cause of chronic watery diarrhoea where bile acids fail to be reabsorbed in the terminal ileum and spill into the colon, causing secretory and osmotic diarrhoea. Often misattributed to IBS-D for many years.
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