Diarrhea
Risk factors
Enteral infection with Campylobacter jejuni (≈ 4 days of intense diarrhea).
Naloxone may precipitate narcotic withdrawal symptoms in opioid-dependent patients, with anxiety or agitation, piloerection, yawning, sneezing, rhinorrhea, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, muscle spasms
Serotonin and kallikrein may be released and may produce a carcinoid-like syndrome (bronchoconstriction, abdominal pain, explosive diarrhea, violent H/A, cutaneous flushing, hypertension, hepatomegaly, and hyperglycemia) 1).
Complications
Diarrhea may indicate infection unrelated to shunt.
Patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage who subsequently developed diarrhea had significantly increased odds of developing Delayed ischemic neurologic deficit. Enteral volume loss due to osmotic laxative use is a potential risk factor for Delayed ischemic neurologic deficit after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage 2).