Macronutrient absorption characteristics in humans with short bowel syndrome and jejunocolonic anastomosis: Starch is the most important carbohydrate substrate, although pectin supplementation may modestly enhance short chain fatty acid production and fluid absorption

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-240

  Atia, Antwan ^a   Girard Pipau, Fernand ^b   Hébuterne, Xavier ^b   Spies, William G ^c   Guardiola, Antonella ^c   Ahn, Chul W ^d   Fryer, Jon ^e   Fengtian Xue, ^f   Rammohan, Meena ^e   Sumague, Mariquita ^e   Englyst, Klaus ^g   Buchman, Alan L ^e,h  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Englyst Carbohydrates   (United Kingdom)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

fiber; gastric emptying; indirect calorimetry; intestinal failure; intestinal transit; jejunocolonic anastomosis; malabsorption; nonstarch polysaccharides; parental nutrition; pectin; short bowel syndrome; short chain fatty acids; starch

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; NITROGEN; PECTIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROPIONIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; STARCH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTOLERANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENERGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FLUID BALANCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; JEJUNOCOLONIC ANASTOMOSIS; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION; STOMACH EMPTYING; WATER ABSORPTION;

ADULT; AGED; COLON; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; JEJUNUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN; PECTINS; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; STARCH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79954594417     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607110378410     Document Type: Article

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