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hort bowel syndrome is a condition whose treatment
requires advanced knowledge and techniques and a
multidisciplinary approach. SBS is the endpoint of many
intestinal diseases and may result in full recovery, in life-long
parenteral nutrition, or in the deathof the child.Management
of children with SBS is optimized by interdisciplinary
coordination of parenteral and enteral nutrition support,
medical management of associated complications, surgical
lengthening procedures, and intestinal transplantation.
Pediatric Intestinal Failure Centers were established in
14 pediatric hospitals throughout the United States and
Canada and Pediatric Intestinal Failure Consortium has
been developed and is implementing prospective, multi-
institutional studies to better de ne the speci c aspects of
intestinal failure management that optimize long-term out
comes. The published data from these studies suggest that
intestinal failure in pediatric patients is quite treatable and
provide further evidence that all infants at risk for intestinal
failure should be treated aggressively and referred early
to a dedicated intestinal rehabilitation center. Improved
communication and integration with the transplant service
have resulted in earlier assessment, increased rates of
transplantation, and decreased mortality from liver failure.
The presented data demonstrate that a newly established
intestinal failure program can achieve excellent survival in
a cohort of chronically ill and complicated children that has
historically been associated with substantial mortality.
e:
igor-dr@internet-zahav.netThe world experience of Pediatric Intestinal Failure Program: Successful outcomes from intestinal
rehabilitation
Igor Sukhotnik
Bnai Zion Medical Center, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Pediatrics & Primary HealthCare 2018, Volume 22
DOI: 10.4066/0971-9032-C1-003