title: Current status of pediatric intestinal failure, rehabilitation, and transplantation: summary of a colloquium.
abstract: An international symposium convened September 9-11, 2010, in Chicago to present the state of the art and science of the multidisciplinary care of intestinal failure in children. Medical and surgical management of the child with intestinal failure was presented with a focus on the importance of multidisciplinary intestinal failure management. Issues of timing of referral and benefit risk analysis for intestine "rehabilitation" and transplant were presented. Areas of opportunity such as increased donor recovery, improvement of long-term transplant outcomes, optimization of immune monitoring, and quality-of-life outcomes were reviewed.
authors: Department of Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA. george.mazariegos@chp.edu
authors: George V
authors: GV
authors: Mazariegos
authors: Riccardo
authors: R
authors: Superina
authors: Jeffrey
authors: J
authors: Rudolph
authors: Valeria
authors: V
authors: Cohran
authors: R Cartland
authors: RC
authors: Burns
authors: Geoffrey J
authors: GJ
authors: Bond
authors: Ronald
authors: R
authors: Jaffe
authors: Rakesh
authors: R
authors: Sindhi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002641:Chicago; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy*; D007422:Intestines / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery / Q000637:transplantation*; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents