Nutritional Deficiencies in Intestinal Failure

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1185-1200

  Mziray Andrew, Charmaine H ^a   Sentongo, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Intestinal failure; Malabsorption; Nutritional deficiency; Short bowel syndrome; Sodium depletion

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BICARBONATE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLINE; COLESTYRAMINE; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ELECTROLYTE; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SELENIUM; SODIUM; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; COMORBIDITY; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENTERIC FEEDING; ENTEROPATHY; FAT INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; LIPID ABSORPTION; MACRONUCLEUS; MALABSORPTION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROTEIN INTAKE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMINS;

EID: 72249112447     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2009.07.005     Document Type: Review

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