Summary Background & aims Chronic Intestinal Failure (CIF) is the long-lasting reduction of
gut function, below the minimum necessary for the absorption of macronutrients and/or water …

Background This practical guideline is based on the ESPEN Guidelines on Chronic
Intestinal Failure in Adults. Methodology ESPEN guidelines have been shortened and …

Background & aims In 2016, ESPEN published the guideline for Chronic Intestinal Failure
(CIF) in adults. An updated version of ESPEN guidelines on CIF due to benign disease in …

Background & aims Intestinal failure (IF) is not included in the list of PubMed Mesh terms, as
failure is the term describing a state of non functioning of other organs, and as such is not …

Background & aims Intestinal failure (IF) is defined as “the reduction of gut function below
the minimum necessary for the absorption of macronutrients and/or water and electrolytes …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Indications and timing for referral for intestinal transplantation (ITx)
were investigated through a review of the literature on home parenteral nutrition (HPN) for …

Pediatric intestinal failure (PIF) is a relatively rare disease entity that requires focused
interdisciplinary care and specialized nutrition management. There has long been a lack of …

Management of home parenteral support in adult benign but chronic intestinal failure
patients requires a nutrition support team using disease-specific pathways. Education of …

Background & aims The aim of the study was to evaluate the applicability of the ESPEN 16-
category clinical classification of chronic intestinal failure, based on patients' intravenous …

Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) was introduced as a treatment modality in the early 1970s
primarily for the treatment of chronic intestinal failure in patients with benign disease. The …