AGA Family of Websites: Gastro.org
Renew for 2025
Create Account Login My AGA
Gastro.org
Gastro.org
AGA Logo_Simple_Rev_RGB
Search
Clinical Practice Update

Management of short bowel syndrome (SBS)

Experts provide 12 best practices for the management of short bowel syndrome (SBS).
  • Published June 11, 2022
  • John K. DiBaise, Kishore Iyer, Alberto Rubio-Tapia

Read the full Clinical Practice Update

Guideline Tool kits

Members only access the guideline tool kits

Learn more

Best practice advice areas

1. Bowel anatomy

2. Nutrition assessment

3. Diet

4. Parenteral nutrition (PN)

5. Oral rehydration solution

6. Pharmacologic therapy

7. Drug dosing

8. Surgery

9. Glucagon-like-peptide-2 (GLP-2)

10. Prevention of complications

11. Referral for intestinal transplantation (ITX)

12. Education and support for patients and caregivers

 

DOI:
Supplementary Figure 1Algorithm for the management of the patient with SBS requiring parenteral support (PS). BPA, best practice advice.
  • Resources

Resources

Patient info on short bowel syndrome (SBS)
Related clinical guidance
Living guideline for moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis
AGA's first living guideline groups 12 therapies by efficacy, suggesting early use of advanced therapies over a step-up approach after treatment failure.
Endoscopic scoring systems in IBD
Detailed guidance on using endoscopic scoring systems to assess mucosal healing in patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
Pregnancy-related gastrointestinal and liver disease
Thirteen pieces of expert advice to guide the evaluation and treatment of various GI disorders in pregnancy.

Your hub for GI education

Discover upcoming events, webinars and other education to stay current with advances in the GI field.

Visit AGAU

The most trustworthy clinical guidance comes from AGA.

Want the latest clinical guidance to help you take care of patients? AGA members get first access to updates and clinical resources.

Join now​
Renew
Search
AGA Logo

4930 Del Ray Avenue, Bethesda, MD
20814

301-654-2055

Connect with AGA

Facebook-f Linkedin Youtube Instagram
AGA Logo

4930 Del Ray Avenue, Bethesda, MD
20814

301-654-2055

Connect with AGA

Facebook-f Linkedin Youtube Instagram
Privacy Policy

©   American Gastroenterological Association

Privacy Policy

©  American Gastroenterological Association

X
American Gastroenterological Association
Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.