Intestinal Rehabilitation

Intestinal Failure

Intestinal Failure
Evaluation
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Evaluation

Children who have been referred to our Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation Program must complete an evaluation process before qualifying for the program. Our team reviews each child's complete medical history, including their primary diagnosis, previous surgeries, previous treatments and current nutritional status to determine whether they will benefit from intestinal rehabilitation.

The patient evaluation process includes:

• Consultations with a gastroenterologist and nurse practitioner, surgeon, nutritionist and social worker
• Laboratory tests
• Radiological tests
• Additional tests when necessary, such as endoscopy with biopsy, gastrointestinal motility testing, breath hydrogen testing for bacterial overgrowth or malabsorption and imaging tests, such as abdominal CT scan

After the evaluation process is completed, our team determines if your child should be admitted into the Intestinal Rehabilitation Program. If he or she is admitted, a comprehensive, individual treatment plan is designed to best meet their needs.

Reviewed by health care specialists at UCSF Children's Hospital.
Last updated May 8, 2007