AGA has released a new Clinical Practice Update providing best practice advice on how to approach the management of short bowel syndrome (SBS) and short bowel syndrome and intestinal failure (SBS-IF) in adult patients.
Best Practice Advice Areas
- Bowel anatomy
- Nutrition assessment
- Diet
- Parenteral nutrition (PN)
- Oral rehydration solution
- Pharmacologic therapy
- Drug dosing
- Surgery
- Glucagon-like-peptide-2 (GLP-2)
- Prevention of complications
- Referral for intestinal transplantation (ITX)
- Education and support for patients and caregivers
Watch lead author, Dr. Kishore Iyer, share his key takeaways from this Clinical Practice Update:
Read the complete AGA Clinical Practice Update on Management of Short Bowel Syndrome: Expert Review published in the October issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology and authored by Drs. Kishore Iyer, John K. DiBaise and Alberto Rubio-Tapia.
