Metabolic changes in patients with short bowel syndrome and the nutritional support therapy

Abstract

Patients with short bowel syndrome suffer from fluid and electrolyte imbalance and malabsorption due to poor nutrient processing capability of the residual intestine. Nutritional support therapy has been considered as one of the important treatments for short bowel syndrome. For patients with short bowel syndrome, a deep understanding of metabolic changes, and then rational application of nutritional support therapy and intestinal rehabilitation program can save many patients' lives, improve quality of life, and even achieve independence from parenteral nutrition, and return to a normal life.