Short bowel syndrome is at once a surgical, medical, and a disorder, with potential for life-threatening complications as well as eventual independence from artificial nutrition. Navigating through the diagnostic and ...

The nutritional assessment by 24 hour-dietary recall, anthropometry and blood-components measurements was undertaken in 23 adult patients, 17 males and 6 females suffering of chronic diarrhea from pancreatitis (30%), ...

AbstractPurpose: The denervation of the intestine with benzalkonium chloride (BAC) reduces mortality and improves weight gain in rats with short bowel syndrome (SBS). Nevertheless, translating these promising findings from ...

Few studies are available about the evaluation of resistance training in patients with protein-energy malnutrition. To assess the effects of resistance training on the recovery of nutritional status of patients with short ...

Purpose: to evaluate the current model of small bowel resection and intestinal transplantation in pigs. Methods: forty two large white pigs were distributed in five groups: g1(n=6), g2(n=6) and g3(n=6) were submitted to ...

Short bowel syndrome is defined as the loss, congenital or acquired, anatomical or functional, of a large part of the small intestine that generates inadequate absorption of nutrients and the frequent need of prolonged ...

Background: In patients suffering intestinal failure due to short bowel, the goal of an Intestinal Rehabilitation Program is to optimize and tailor all aspects of clinical management, and eventually, wean patients off ...