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Mistakes in short bowel and how to avoid them

Simon Gabe, Jeremy Nightingale, Siddhartha Oke

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Short bowel syndrome, a condition following intestinal resection with lifelong consequences, has an incidence of 2 per million in Europe and is often initially managed in secondary care settings that lack specialist expertise.

Short bowel syndrome occurs after single or multiple intestinal resections.
The condition carries lifelong morbidity and mortality.
In Europe, the incidence is 2 per million of the population.
Initial recognition and management in adults typically occurs postoperatively in secondary care settings.
Specialist input from clinicians experienced in short bowel is often lacking in these secondary care settings.

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Abstract

Short bowel is a condition that occurs after single or multiple intestinal resections. The incidence of short bowel in Europe is 2 per million of the population and it carries with it lifelong morbidity and mortality. The initial recognition and management of short bowel in the adult population tends to occur in the postoperative period and in the secondary care setting, where specialist input from clinicians experienced in short bowel is often lacking.

Topics

Small Intestine & Nutrition

Citation

Oke SM, Nightingale JM and Gabe SM Mistakes in short bowel and how to avoid them. UEG Education 2018; 18: 7–11.

Published

2018

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