Diagnostic criteria and treatment of patients with short bowel syndrome – consensus statements of the National Society for Clinical Nutrition of Serbia (NUPENS)

Mihailo Bezmarević; Ivan  Palibrk; Mirjana  Stojšić; Natalija  Vuković; Marija  Djukanović; Danijela  Jovanović; Igor  Krdžić; Dušica  Simić; Ivan  Pantić; Marina  Panišić Šekeljić

doi:10.2298/VSP250307055B

Mihailo Bezmarević Military Medical Academy, Clinic for General Surgery, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Belgrade, Serbia
Ivan Palibrk University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia; §University Clinical Center of Serbia, Hospital for Digestive Surgery, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Belgrade, Serbia
Mirjana Stojšić University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Novi Sad, Serbia
Natalija Vuković University Clinical Center Niš, Clinic for Anesthesiology, Reanimation, and Intensive Care, Niš, Serbia
Marija Djukanović University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia; §University Clinical Center of Serbia, Hospital for Digestive Surgery, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Belgrade, Serbia
Danijela Jovanović University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kragujevac, Serbia; ‡‡University Clinical Center Kragujevac, Center for Anesthesiology, Reanimatology, and Intensive Care, Department of Surgery, Kragujevac, Serbia
Igor Krdžić Euromedik Hospital, Department of General and Abdominal Surgery, Belgrade, Serbia
Dušica Simić University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia
Ivan Pantić Military Medical Academy, Clinic for General Surgery, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Belgrade, Serbia
Marina Panišić Šekeljić Military Medical Academy, Clinic for General Surgery, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Belgrade, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/VSP250307055B

Keywords: diagnosis;, enteral nutrition;, intestinal failure;, parenteral nutrition;, parenteral nutrition, home;, quality of life;, short bowel syndrome.

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