Hyperphagia in intestinal disease

Intestinal perforation in Hirschsprung‘s disease

Intestinal Stricture in Crohn's Disease

Crohn's disease (CD) is a disease with chronic inflammation of unknown etiology involving any part of the gastrointestinal tract. The incidence and prevalence of CD are increasing recently in Asia. Half of the CD patients will have intestinal complications, such as strictures or fistulas, within 20 years after diagnosis. Twenty-five percentage of CD patients have had at least one small bowel st...

Nutrition in Gastro-intestinal Disease

• To understand the nature and pathophysiology of the different types of intestinal failure and short bowel syndrome; • To appreciate the need for restriction of salt-poor fluids in patients with short bowel syndrome; • To have an understanding of the pharmacological and nutritional therapy of short bowel syndrome; • To be able to apply this understanding in clinical practice; • To know the pro...

Cytomegalovirus disease in intestinal transplantation.

From May 1990 to July 1994,62 patients (22 isolated intestine [I], 29 liver and intestine [IlL], and 11 multivisceral [MV]) received 66 intestinal allografts at our center. There were 28 adults and 34 children. with ages ranging from 6 months to 58 years. Postoperative immunosuppression was with tacrolimus (FK 506), steroids. and in selected cases azathioprine (AZA). Donor and recipient procedu...

Intestinal pseudoobstruction in Kawasaki disease.

Intestinal pseudoobstruction is an uncommon but important manifestation of Kawasaki disease. Its occurrence at the onset or during the course of the disease may confuse the clinical picture and cause delay in diagnosis and treatment. This delay may be responsible for the high rate of coronary artery abnormalities that have been reported in patients with this complication. We suggest that Kawasa...