Enteral glucose-polymer-electrolyte solution in the treatment of chronic fluid and electrolyte depletion in short-bowel syndrome.
A 55-year-old woman with extensive small-bowel resection and total colectomy complicated by chronic fluid and electrolyte depletion, achieved fluid and electrolyte homeostasis using a glucose-polymer-electrolyte solution. This is probably due to a solvent drag mechanism in the jejunum, in which nutrients such as glucose or aminoacids promote the passive absorption of electrolytes and water.
D004573:Electrolytes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011108:Polymers; D012778:Short Bowel Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*
D004573:Electrolytes; D011108:Polymers; D005947:Glucose