Sandbox: wdx causes

Short bowel syndrome is the result of bowel resection following various causes including Crohn's disease, malignancies, ischemia, and trauma. The small intestine less than 2 meters is considered as short bowel syndrome and requires nutritional therapy to prevent malnutrition. Post bowel resection adaptation might occur which includes structural, motility and functional changes in the remaining intestine. Changes usually start in the first 24 hours following bowel resection and last for about two years. Adaptation depends on multiple factors including individual, intestinal and therapeutic measurements. Successful adaptation depends on the length of remaining intestine, portion of the resected intestine, and early introduction of nutrition therapy. Total intestinal adaptation defines as when patient is weaned from parenteral nutrition.