SI Dses

Question 1

Devastating condition that results after a great extent of bowel resection

Answer 1

Short bowel syndrome

Question 2

Presence of less than 200 cm of residual small bowel in adult patients

Answer 2

Short bowel syndrome

Question 3

State of significant malabsorption of both macronutrients and micronutrients

Answer 3

Short bowel syndrome

Question 4

Short bowel syndrome medical therapy

Answer 4

TPN, High-dose histamine-2 receptor antagonists or proton pump inhibitors, Antimotility agents, Octreotide

Question 5

Short bowel syndrome Nontransplant Surgical Therapy goal

Answer 5

increase nutrient and fluid absorption by either slowing intestinal transit or increasing intestinal length

Question 6

Short bowel syndrome Nontransplant Surgical Therapy

Answer 6

Longitudinal intestinal lengthening and tailoring (LILT) procedure

Alternative: serial transverse enteroplasty procedure (STEP)

Question 7

Short bowel syndrome indication: presence of life-threatening complications attributable to intestinal failure and/or long-term TPN therapy; impending or overt liver failure, thrombosis of major central veins, frequent episodes of catheter-related sepsis, frequent episodes of severe dehydration

Answer 7

Intestinal transplantation