Total parenteral nutrition, intestinal adaptation, and short bowel syndrome

Nutrition ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert R. Freund ◽  
Nahum Beglaibter
Keyword(s):  
Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Total Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Short Bowel Syndrome ◽  
Intestinal Adaptation ◽  
Short Bowel

Preliminary Experience With Intestinal Transplantation in Infants and Children

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. 443-448
Author(s):  
Alan N. Langnas ◽  
B. W. Shaw ◽  
Dean L. Antonson ◽  
Stuart S. Kaufman ◽  
David R. Mack ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small Bowel ◽  
Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Total Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Short Bowel Syndrome ◽  
Gastrointestinal Disease ◽  
Intestinal Transplantation ◽  
Infants And Children ◽  
Short Bowel ◽  
In Infants And Children

Objective. This report discusses the preliminary experience with intestinal transplantation in children at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Patients. During the past 4 years, 16 intestinal transplants have been performed in infants and children. Thirteen have been combined liver and bowel transplants, and the remainder were isolated intestinal transplants. Nearly half of the patients were younger than 1 year of age at the time of surgery, and the vast majority were younger than 5 years of age. All but one had short bowel syndrome. Results. The 1-year actuarial patient and graft survival rates for recipients of liver and small bowel transplants were 76% and 61%, respectively. Eight of 13 patients who received liver and small bowel transplants remain alive at the time of this writing, with a mean length of follow-up of 263 (range, 7 to 1223) days. Six patients are currently free of total parenteral nutrition. All three patients receiving isolated intestinal transplants are alive and free of parenteral nutrition. The mean length of follow-up is 384 (range, 330 to 450) days. Major complications have included severe infections and rejection. Lymphoproliferative disease, graft-versus-host disease, and chylous ascites have not been major problems. Conclusions. Although intestinal transplantation is in its infancy, these preliminary results suggest combined liver and bowel transplants and isolated intestinal transplantation may be viable options for some patients with intestinal failure caused by short bowel syndrome or other gastrointestinal disease in whom long-term total parenteral nutrition is not an attractive option.

scholarly journals Short bowel syndrome in infancy: recent advances and practical management

2020 ◽  
pp. flgastro-2020-101457
Author(s):  
Elena Cernat ◽  
Chloe Corlett ◽  
Natalia Iglesias ◽  
Nkem Onyeador ◽  
Julie Steele ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Short Bowel Syndrome ◽  
Intestinal Adaptation ◽  
Intestinal Failure ◽  
Rare Condition ◽  
Oral Feeding ◽  
Short Bowel ◽  
Intestinal Continuity ◽  
Gastrointestinal Reconstruction ◽  
Lipid Reduction

Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a rare condition characterised by extensive loss of intestinal mass secondary to congenital or acquired disease. The outcomes are determined by dependency on parenteral nutrition (PN), its possible complications and factors that influence intestinal adaptation. In order to achieve the best results, patients should be managed by a specialised multidisciplinary team with the aims of promoting growth and development, stimulating intestinal adaptation and preventing possible complications. This involves timely surgical management aimed at rescuing maximum bowel length and eventually re-establishing intestinal continuity where appropriate. A combination of enteral and parenteral nutrition needs to be targeted towards maintaining a balance between fulfilling the nutritional and metabolic needs of the child while preventing or at least minimising potential complications. Enteral nutrition and establishment of oral feeding play a fundamental role in stimulating bowel adaptation and promoting enteral autonomy. Other measures to promote enteral autonomy include the chyme recycling in patients where bowel is not in continuity, autologous gastrointestinal reconstruction and pharmacological treatments, including promising new therapies like teduglutide. Strategies such as lipid reduction, changing the type of lipid emulsion and cycling PN are associated with a reduction in the rates of intestinal failure–associated liver disease. Even though vast improvements have been made in the surgical and medical management of SBS, there is still lack of consensus in many aspects and collaboration is essential.

scholarly journals Congenital Short Bowel Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Hasosah ◽  
Daniel A Lemberg ◽  
Eric Skarsgard ◽  
Richard Schreiber
Keyword(s):  
Small Bowel ◽  
Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Short Bowel Syndrome ◽  
Intestinal Adaptation ◽  
Rare Condition ◽  
Normal Growth ◽  
Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
Short Bowel ◽  
Upper Gastrointestinal

Congenital short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a rare condition of the newborn, with several reports demonstrating high mortality. A six-week-old boy presented with chronic diarrhea and failure to thrive. An upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed a straight duodenum, and multiple small bowel biopsies were histologically normal. An upper gastrointestinal series showed malrotation. At laparotomy, the small bowel was 50 cm in length, confirming the diagnosis of congenital SBS. Parenteral nutrition was initiated and enteral feeding with an amino acid-based formula containing long-chain fatty acids was introduced early and gradually advanced. At the last follow-up examination at 24 months, he was thriving on a regular diet, with normal growth and development. Long-term survival of children with congenital SBS is now possible if enteral feeds are introduced early to promote intestinal adaptation, with subsequent weaning off parenteral nutrition.

Alveolar Bone Loss in Two Children With Short-Bowel Syndrome Receiving Total Parenteral Nutrition

1991 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 272-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin B. Wright ◽  
Gideon Holan ◽  
Paul S. Casamassimo ◽  
Dennis R. King
Keyword(s):  
Bone Loss ◽  
Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Total Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Short Bowel Syndrome ◽  
Alveolar Bone ◽  
Alveolar Bone Loss ◽  
Short Bowel
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