Results of Surgical and Medical Rehabilitation for Adult Patients With Type III Intestinal Failure in a Comprehensive Unit Today: Building a New Model to Predict Parenteral Nutrition Independency.
Gabriel E GondolesiMariana DoeyoConstanza Echevarria LicFernando LobosSantiago RubioCarolina RumboDiego RamischAdriana CrivelliPablo Barros SchelottoHector SolarPublished in: JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition (2019)
AGIRS in this group of patients enabled intestinal length increase and also intestinal anatomy conversion into a more favorable type for intestinal rehabilitation. TED treatment was useful to discontinue PN in patients with classical negative anatomical predictors. The novel predicting formula has an ROC area under the curve = 0.82. Further studies are necessary to validate this formula.