A practical, evidence-based guide for the medical, surgical, and nutrition care of complex patients with short bowel syndrome (SBS).
Key Features
- Overview, classification and complications of SBS
- Dietary concepts (including nutrition support) to manage malabsorption and hydration
- Medical and pharmaceutical management techniques for SBS
- Surgical options for SBS
- International perspectives on SBS treatment and care
Contents
- Normal Anatomy, Digestion, Absorption
- Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS): Classification, Underlying Causes, and Global Footprint
- Fluids and Electrolytes: Challenges with Short Bowel Syndrome
- Gut Microbiome
- Therapeutic Diet Modifications in Short Bowel Syndrome
- Probiotics and Prebiotics
- Enteral Nutrition and Access in SBS
- Parenteral Support and Access
- Metabolic Complications of HPN/SBS
- Hepatobilliary Complications of HPN/SBS
- Catheter/Infectious Complications
- Antidiarrheals, Antisecretory Agents, Pancreatic Enzymes
- Antimicrobials for Bacterial Overgrowth
- Intestinal Lengthening Procedures
- Intestinal Transplantation
Read the Forward by Stanley J. Dudrick, MD, FACS, FACN, FASPEN
Praise from ASPEN’s Publications Review Committee:
This book is a current reference on SBS. Its portable size is well suited for everyday use. The multidisciplinary editors and authors, many of whom are ASPEN members, are experts in nutrition support with experience in SBS. Readers will appreciate the many figures and tables and the case study examples offered in several chapters.
Editors
Mandy Corrigan, MPH RD CNSC FAND, FASPEN; Kristen M. Roberts, PhD, RDN; Ezra Steiger, MD, FACS, FASPEN
Publisher: Elsevier│ISBN: 978-0-12-814330-8│Copyright: 2019│Format: Paperback│Pages: 252
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