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Short Bowel Syndrome in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Enteral Feeding

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Abstract

Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is the most common cause of intestinal failure in infants, occurring after surgical resection, congenital defects, or disease of the bowel. In neonates and young infants, necrotizing enterocolitis, gastroschisis, intestinal atresia, and intestinal malrotation/volvulus are the leading causes of SBS. In this chapter, the clinical features, dietary management, complications, and prognostic factors in SBS are reviewed.

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Abbreviations

CLABSI:

Central line-associated blood stream infection

CCK:

Cholecystokinin

CLDILT:

Combined living donor intestine/liver transplant

DNA:

Deoxyribonucleic acid

DPP4:

Dipeptidyl peptidase-4

EGF:

Epidermal growth factor

GLP-2:

Glucagon-like-peptide-2

IGF 1:

Insulin like growth factor 1

IFALD:

Intestinal failure-associated liver disease

LGG:

Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

LDIT:

Living donor intestinal transplantation

LCT:

Long-chain triglyceride

LILT:

Longitudinal intestinal lengthening and tapering

MCT:

Medium-chain triglyceride

NICHD:

National Institute of Child Health and Development

NEC:

Necrotizing enterocolitis

PN:

Parenteral nutrition

PYY:

Peptide YY

PEG:

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

rGH:

Recombinant growth hormone

STEP:

Serial transverse enteroplasty

SBS:

Short bowel syndrome

SCFA:

Short-chain fatty acids

SGLT-1:

Sodium/glucose cotransporter 1

SIBO:

Spontaneous intestinal bacterial overgrowth

UDCA:

Ursodeoxycholic acid

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 South Wood Street, CSB 1257, UIC m/c 856, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Sachin C. Amin

  2. Division of Neonatology and the Center for Neonatal and Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 South Wood Street, CSB 1257, UIC m/c 856, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Sachin C. Amin & Sabrina Livshin

  3. Department of Clinical Nutrition, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Science System, 1740 West Taylor Street, MC 633, Chicago, IL, USA

    Sabrina Livshin

  4. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Morsani College of Medicine, USF Health, Tampa, FL, USA

    Akhil Maheshwari (Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Medicine Pamela and Leslie Muma Endowed Chair in Neonatology Chief)

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Amin, S.C., Livshin, S., Maheshwari, A. (2014). Short Bowel Syndrome in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Enteral Feeding. In: Rajendram, R., Preedy, V., Patel, V. (eds) Diet and Nutrition in Critical Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8503-2_102-1

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