RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Managing short bowel syndrome: Making the most of what the patient still has
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 833
OP 838
VO 72
IS 9
A1 Parekh, Neha
A1 Seidner, Douglas
A1 Steiger, Ezra
YR 2005
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/9/833.abstract
AB Short bowel syndrome (severe malabsorption after resection of the small bowel) is characterized clinically by chronic diarrhea, dehydration, electrolyte abnormalities, and malnutrition. The severity and management depend on the site and extent of the intestinal resection, whether the ileocecal valve remains, whether there is disease in the residual bowel, and the degree of adaptation of the remaining bowel.