Esophageal atresia is a rare, congenital (present at birth) disorder of the digestive system in which the esophagus, the tube that normally carries food from the mouth to the stomach, does not connect ...

A SIBO breath test can reveal if your chronic intestinal symptoms are caused by small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). Jejunal aspiration—the removal and culture of a sample of intestinal fluid ...

These guidelines aim to help clinicians manage patients who have had an intestinal resection that leaves a short length (about 2 m or less) of small bowel remaining. The preliminary guidelines were ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65(24):2347-2357. Administer medications via the oral route when possible. Determine the enteral feeding tube size (e.g., small bore or large bore), insertion site (e ...

Several medications interact with EN, and patients should be monitored for altered clinical response or subtherapeutic drug levels. [13] The more common drug–nutrient interactions are described ...