Conference paper

Starch Tolerance and the Short Bowel


Authors listde laffolie, Jan; Naim, Hassan Y.; Rudloff, Silvia; Zimmer, Klaus-Peter

Publication year2018

PagesS68-S71

JournalJournal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volume number66

ISSN0277-2116

eISSN1536-4801

Open access statusBronze

DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0000000000001962

Conference18th Workshop on Complementary Starch Feeding of the Young Child - Starch Digestion Consortium

PublisherWiley


Abstract
Short bowel syndrome with intestinal failure is a rare disease with a massive impairment in quality of life, requiring a multidisciplinary team approach to medical, surgical, and nutritional therapy. Current pharmacological and surgical therapeutic options are limited; an important cornerstone is enteral and parenteral nutrition. The changed physiology of carbohydrate digestion plays a major role in the adaptation process and can be a target for specific enteral nutrition interventions. An important prognostic factor is the preservation of at least portions of the colon in continuity with small bowel. This strategy has to include an evaluation of the anatomical situation and small bowel absorptive capacity, adaptation processes, and luminal microbiota including its fermentative properties. Starch is probably the most important complex carbohydrate in short bowel syndrome nutrition, because it is absorbed or fermented almost completely. Benefits of supplementation with complex carbohydrates include improved adaptive processes, positive trophic effects on the mucosa and its hormonal response, longer transit time, and possibly a faster time to wean from parenteral nutrition, but supplementation advice needs to weigh carefully the risks and benefits, especially considering bacterial overgrowth, osmotic load, and D-lactate acidosis.



Citation Styles

Harvard Citation stylede laffolie, J., Naim, H., Rudloff, S. and Zimmer, K. (2018) Starch Tolerance and the Short Bowel, Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 66, pp. S68-S71. https://doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0000000000001962

APA Citation stylede laffolie, J., Naim, H., Rudloff, S., & Zimmer, K. (2018). Starch Tolerance and the Short Bowel. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 66, S68-S71. https://doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0000000000001962



Keywords


ADULT PATIENTScarbohydrate digestionCHAIN FATTY-ACIDSD-LACTIC ACIDOSISGLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE-2ILEOSTOMY MODELINTESTINAL ADAPTATIONintestinal rehabilitationMESENTERIC BLOOD-FLOWPARENTERAL-NUTRITIONShort bowel syndrome

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