Short Bowel Syndrome: How Short is Too Short?

• Autores: Praveen S. Goday
• Localización: Clinics in Perinatology, ISSN 0095-5108, Vol. 36, Nº. 1, 2009 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Current controversies in perinatology V / coord. por Michael R. Uhing, R.M. Kliegman), págs. 101-110
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • 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.