Nutritional implications of significant small bowel resection.
Nutrition support of the patient with short bowel syndrome is determined by the extent and location of bowel resection, the functional status of residual bowel, and presence or absence of the ileocecal valve. The authors discuss the consequences and treatments for bowel resection.
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Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden, NJ 08103, USA.
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D006801:Humans; D007080:Ileocecal Valve / Q000378:metabolism; D007082:Ileum / Q000378:metabolism; D007583:Jejunum / Q000378:metabolism; D018529:Nutritional Support; D012778:Short Bowel Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery*