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ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2002

The management of patients with the short bowel syndrome.

Cameron F E Platell, Jane Coster, Rosalie D McCauley, John C Hall

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Review in World journal of gastroenterology, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Liver disease secondary to intestinal failure.BioMed research international · 2014
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  8. Chronic intestinal failure in children.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2012
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  9. Complications of enterocutaneous fistulas and their management.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2010
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  17. Intestinal transplantation.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2003
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Cameron F E PlatellDepartment of Surgery, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. cplatell@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Jane Coster
Rosalie D McCauley
John C Hall

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The surgeon is invariably the primary specialist involved in managing patients with short bowel syndrome. Because of this they will play an important role in co-ordinating the management of these patients. The principal aims at the initial surgery are to preserve life, then to preserve gut length, and maintain its continuity. In the immediate postoperative period, there needs to be a balance between keeping the patient alive through the use of TPN and antisecretory agents and promoting gut adaptation with the use of oral nutrition. If the gut fails to adapt during this period, then the patient may require therapy with more specific agents to promote gut adaptation such as growth factors and glutamine. If following this, the patient still has a short gut syndrome, then the principal options remain either long term TPN, or intestinal transplantation which remains a difficult and challenging procedure with a high mortality and morbidity due to rejection.

Indexed as

Adaptation, PhysiologicalHumansIntestine, SmallParenteral Nutrition, TotalShort Bowel Syndrome

Identifiers

PMID11833063
PMCPMC4656603

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