OCTOBER 22, 2019

Pediatric Intestinal Failure

A Review of the Scope of Disease and A Regional Model of a Multidisciplinary Care Team

Nisha Mangalat, MD

Dr. Mangalat is the medical director at the Glennon Intestinal Rehabilitation and Feeding Program in the Department of Pediatrics at Saint Louis University and an associate professor of pediatrics at Saint Louis University School of Medicine.

This article was reprinted with permission from Missouri Medicine.

The term “intestinal failure” signifies the inability of the body to meet the digestive, absorptive and nutritive needs of the body. In children, intestinal

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A Review of the Scope of Disease and A Regional Model of a Multidisciplinary Care Team