The absorption of oral drugs is frequently plagued by significant variability with potentially
serious therapeutic consequences. The source of variability can be traced back to …

Purpose Acute mesenteric ischaemia (AMI) accounts for about 1: 1000 acute hospital
admissions. Untreated, AMI will cause mesenteric infarction, intestinal necrosis, an …

Summary Background & aims Chronic Intestinal Failure (CIF) is the long-lasting reduction of
gut function, below the minimum necessary for the absorption of macronutrients and/or water …

Background & aims Intestinal failure (IF) is not included in the list of PubMed Mesh terms, as
failure is the term describing a state of non functioning of other organs, and as such is not …

Background & aims In 2016, ESPEN published the guideline for Chronic Intestinal Failure
(CIF) in adults. An updated version of ESPEN guidelines on CIF due to benign disease in …

Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a rare malabsorptive disorder as a result of the loss of bowel
mass mostly secondary to surgical resection of the small intestine. Other causes are …

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the natural history of intestinal failure (IF) among 14 pediatric
centers during the intestinal transplantation era. STUDY DESIGN: The Pediatric Intestinal …

Abstract The European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism defined intestinal
failure (IF) as “the reduction of gut function below the minimum necessary for the absorption …

Objectives: To identify predictive factors for irreversible transmural intestinal necrosis (ITIN)
in acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) and establish a risk score for ITIN. Methods: This single …

Background and aims Teduglutide, a GLP-2 analogue, may restore intestinal structural and
functional integrity by promoting repair and growth of the mucosa and reducing gastric …