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The Long & Short of It: Optimizing Patient Care in Short Bowel Syndrome
Case Convo #2 - Young Adult w/ SBS
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2.34 yo male w/ stricturing ileal Crohn’s.  Hx multiple ✂️ ➡️ 150cm small bowel in continuity with residual colon.  Currently taking loperamide and Lomotil 2 tabs QID w/ meals and bedtime as well as cholestyramine 4 g QID.  Still having ongoing diarrhea with loose, oily stools that float. 
What is the next best step in management?
3.What characteristic of bowel anatomy in short gut is best associated with achievement of enteral autonomy?
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