Use of Medium-Chain Triglyceride in Management of Patients with Massive Resection of the Small Intestine

Abstract

ALTHOUGH the consequences of extensive resection of the small intestine differ in pattern and intensity a syndrome of conditioned malnutrition invariably follows.^{1 2 3 4 5} The chief manifestation is diarrhea, with malabsorption of fat, protein and certain other nutrients. These losses result in weight decline, weakness and abdominal distress. In severe cases there is inexorable progress to inanition and death.The availability in quantity of certain triglyceride fractions that appear to be useful in the management of a variety of disorders of malabsorption has provided a new approach to the postoperative care and subsequent treatment of patients who have had large segments of . . .