Imaging of adult intestinal failure

J Smith; E Godfrey; D Bowden; K Hickman; L Sharkey; A Butler; S Upponi

doi:10.1016/j.crad.2018.12.007

Imaging of adult intestinal failure

Clin Radiol. 2019 Aug;74(8):603-612. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2018.12.007. Epub 2019 Jan 14.

Authors

J Smith¹, E Godfrey¹, D Bowden¹, K Hickman¹, L Sharkey², A Butler³, S Upponi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, UK.
² Department of Gastroenterology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, UK.
³ Department of Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, UK.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, UK. Electronic address: sara.upponi@addenbrookes.nhs.uk.

PMID: 30654907
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2018.12.007

Abstract

Intestinal failure is the inability to maintain adequate nutrition or hydration through the gut. It is caused by a diverse range of benign and malignant aetiologies. Imaging takes a central role in the multidisciplinary assessment of patients with intestinal failure.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Diagnostic Imaging / methods*
Humans
Intestinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Intestines / diagnostic imaging