Short bowel syndrome: how short is too short?
Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is the most common cause of intestinal failure. This article discusses the prognostic factors that predict weaning from parenteral nutrition in SBS. The article also delineates an approach to enteral feeding in SBS.
Goday
Praveen S
PS
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53045, USA. pgoday@mcw.edu
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D011379:Prognosis; D012778:Short Bowel Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy