Excessive fat in stool, steatorrhea, is useful in diagnosing patients with malabsorption and maldigestion, e.g., pancreatic failure. In addition, results may be useful in monitoring patients receiving exogenous enzyme therapy and those with chronic diarrhea.
Patient should be on a diet including 100 grams of fat per day for 3 days before collection and during the collection period.
<7 g/24 h
Specimen weight will be reported with results
Limitations: Up to 12 grams of fat may be malabsorbed among patients with diarrhea even when the diarrhea is not attributable to fat malabsorption.
Excessive fat in stool, steatorrhea, is useful in diagnosing patients with malabsorption and maldigestion, e.g., pancreatic failure. In addition, results may be useful in monitoring patients receiving exogenous enzyme therapy and those with chronic diarrhea.
1 to 3 days
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