Open AccessIntestinal failure in adults and children
Author(s) -
Alida Alcolea Sánchez,
Francisco de Borja Nava Hurtado de Saracho,
Alba Sánchez-Galán,
Rocío González Sacristán
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2020.6981/2020
Subject(s) - medicine , intestinal failure , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , parenteral nutrition
Intestinal failure (IF) is rare, but it represents one of the most complex medical-surgical management pathologies, both in adults and children. The first-line treatment is parenteral nutrition (PN). However, new alternatives in the field of intestinal rehabilitation have opened up in recent decades, with the rise of multidisciplinary teams and the development of new hormone therapies as the first non-symptomatic approach to IF.