Pediatric intestinal failure occurs when patients lack the amount of intestine necessary for growth and development. As advances in treatment have led to better survival rates for children with short ...

Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS) and associated Intestinal Failure (IF) represent a continuum of disorders characterised by insufficient absorptive capacity following extensive small-bowel resection or ...

The terms "intestinal barrier" and "intestinal permeability" describe two different aspects of the same anatomical structure, the intestinal wall composed of four layers, the mucosa, the submucosa, ...

Scientists from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and colleagues found that an investigational protein replacement—recombinant human ...

Traditional epidemiological studies have identified numerous potential risk factors, but observational studies have struggled to establish causal links due to confounding factors and reverse causation ...

Short bowel syndrome (SBS) affects how well the small intestine absorbs nutrients. Surgery, medications, and nutritional support are all part of a comprehensive treatment plan for this condition. SBS ...

Primary care episodes of infectious intestinal disease among individuals in North-West London decreased from 2015 to 2024, whereas hospital admissions rose. The odds of disease-related hospital ...

Intestinal failure is defined as having an intestinal condition which renders a child unable to maintain adequate hydration and meet calorie absorption needs sufficient for growth. This results in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At 1 year, apraglutide reduced parenteral support volume by 52% in patients with short bowel syndrome with ...

Researchers have developed a stem cell-based model of the human intestine that may transform how new IBD treatments are discovered. After testing thousands of compounds, they identified glycyrrhizin — ...