Small Bowel Diameter in Short Bowel Syndrome as a Predictive Factor for Achieving Enteral Autonomy

Graham Chester Ives; Farokh R Demehri; Ramon Sanchez; Meredith Barrett; Samir Gadepalli; Daniel H Teitelbaum

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.08.007

Small Bowel Diameter in Short Bowel Syndrome as a Predictive Factor for Achieving Enteral Autonomy

J Pediatr. 2016 Nov:178:275-277.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.08.007. Epub 2016 Aug 29.

Authors

Graham Chester Ives¹, Farokh R Demehri¹, Ramon Sanchez², Meredith Barrett¹, Samir Gadepalli³, Daniel H Teitelbaum¹

Affiliations

¹ Section of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
² Section of Pediatric Radiology, Department of Radiology, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
³ Section of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Electronic address: samirg@med.umich.edu.

PMID: 27587075
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.08.007

Abstract

Children with short bowel syndrome commonly have dilated small bowel. We found that the extent of dilation was associated with bowel length and that both were related to achieving enteral autonomy.

Keywords: intestinal failure; intestinal lengthening procedure; parenteral nutrition; pediatric short bowel syndrome; total parenteral nutrition; weaning.

MeSH terms

Enteral Nutrition / methods*
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Intestine, Small / physiopathology*
Male
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
Short Bowel Syndrome / physiopathology*
Short Bowel Syndrome / therapy
Treatment Outcome