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23 PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION Protein energy malnutrition has been reported in 100ity in these patients 4 Frequently patients with enddecreased fat stores and overt cachexia Howeverfolate an. The various approaches are influenced by the diversity of cul tural beliefs and socioeconomic resources available in certain communities 1 Early nutrition intervention is crucial to avoid poor outcomes including malnutrition persistent diarrhea and The various approaches are influenced by the diversity of cul tural beliefs and socioeconomic resources available in certain communities 1 Early nutrition intervention is crucial to avoid poor outcomes including malnutrition persistent diarrhea and 47 The Art of Fistuloclysis: Enterocutaneous Fistulas CASE n June 2009, a 40-year-old male was admitted to anoutside institution after developing a partial smallincisional hernias that required repa INTRODUCTION nately reduced the need for this type of surgery. How-ever, clinicians often treat patients with a history of. Timely and appropriate resistant to standard therapy, ulcers that continue 23 PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION Protein energy malnutrition has been reported in 100%ity in these patients (4). Frequently, patients with end-decreased fat stores, and overt cachexia. However,folate, an 11 Nutrition Interventions Before andAfter Adult Intestinal Transplantation:The Pittsburgh Experience INTRODUCTION he care of patients with intestinal failure is com-plex and requires a number of ther 46 Gastric versus Jejunal Feeding: Evidence or Emotion? and is more cost effective compared to parenteraling, especially in critically ill patients. However, thereperceptionssevere pancreatitis, hypot 15 mall intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) isthe bowel, in addition to an excess number, that resultsbacteria in the proximal small intestine (1); however, it Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth NUTRI 46 The Hitchhiker istorically, surgeons have followed a strict proto-leaves us to answer the potentially difficult question ofPresumably, surgeons have always had theirpatients Acta Neurologica Taiwanica Vol 12 No 2 June 2003Electrophysiologic Examination in Patients with RadiculopathyZin-An Wu and Kwong-Kum LiaoAbstract-reviewed the pathophysiology of radiculopathy and disc 27mall intestinal bacterial overgrowth SIBO is anNormally only small numbers of bacteria are foundorganisms/mL of intestinal juiceOvergrowth on Nutritional StatusNUTRITION ISSUES IN GASTROENTEROLOGY S 11 Definition, Classification, Cause, and Diagnosis C ongenital heart defects (CHD) are characterizedby anomalies in the structure of the heart and itsrelated valves and vessels; these defects are pre istorically, surgeons have followed a strict proto-leaves us to answer the potentially difficult question ofPresumably, surgeons have always had theirpatientsÕ best interests in mind. Though largely