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FEEDING: SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME [DD]

FEEDING: SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME [DD]
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OMIM = Online Mendelian Inheritance of Men
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K91.2
malabsorption disorder caused by a lack of functional small intestine:
- congenital defect (mutation in the CLMP gene)
- intestinal infarction
- extensive surgical resection)

risk factors probably accounted for hyperammonemia after
short bowel resection and/or during PN/TPN:
- short bowel syndrome
- small bowel resection
- excessive intake of branched chain aminoacids
- sufficient quantities of arginine
Laboratory findings    Ammonia normal/inc (blood)
    Methylmalonic acid normal/inc (urine)
Symptoms   diarrhea
   failure to thrive
   intestinal malabsorption
   short bowel syndrome (congenital, aquired)
   steatorrhea
   vomiting
    encephalopathy
    hyperammonemia
    onset, childhood
    onset, infancy
    onset, neonatal