Management of patients with a short bowel

Figure 1 Oral intake (kg) and stomal output measured every 2 h in a patient who has 30 cm of residual jejunum. There is a marked net “secretory” output in response to food and drink [38].

Figure 2 Median peptide YY levels with interquartile range for 6 jejunum-colon patients, 7 jejunostomy patients and 12 normal subjects after a pancake and orange juice meal [40]. GLP-2 levels mirror this pattern [65,69].