Web Directory

» Children
   Information about this disease in the childhood: etiology, diagnoses and treatments, provided by Children's Hospital Boston.
   http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site1581/mainpageS1581P0.html

» Discovery Health: Short Bowel Syndrome
   Images, causes, risks, signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
   http://health.discovery.com/encyclopedias/illnesses.html?article=2414

» Epidemiology
   Frequency, etiology, pathophysiology, anatomy, diagnosis, lab results and treatment in an article by e-Medicine.
   http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2746.htm

» Help Stephanie
   A twelve years old girl suffered from a near-fatal chain of events that caused her to lose her small bowel. Her story, news and articles related collected by the Stephanie's Foundation for Intestinal Disorders - SFID.
   http://www.helpstephanie.org

» Kaya Estlyn Shepherd-Poppick's Home Page
   Kaya Estlyn Shepherd-Poppick's story. She has had an intestine transplant for this disease and her family gives support by information and e-mail to patients needing it.
   http://users.montanadsl.net/~jelb7869/

» MedlinePlus: Short Bowel Syndrome
   Illustrations, definition, incidence, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of this disease.
   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000237.htm

» National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
   A brief look at this syndrome and what it is, the symptoms, reasons and treatment.
   http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/shortbowel/index.htm

» No Guts Country Club
   Association providing information, support by mailing list, newsletter and contact by e-mail to patients with a short bowel syndrome.
   http://www.noguts.us

» Nora Thomas
   Born 4/27/2007 with short bowel syndrome this weblog charts Nora's progress and provides information on Short Bowel treatments.
   http://www.norathomas.com

» Nutritional Information
   Definition, early and long term nutritional support nutrition assessment, intervention and outcome.
   http://depts.washington.edu/growing/Assess/SBS.htm

» Pediatric Views: Short Bowel Procedure Proves Simple and Effective
   Description of a surgical technique to decrease width and increase length of the bowel in this disease.
   http://web1.tch.harvard.edu/views/august03/step.html

» Sao Paulo Medical Journal : Hypomagnesemia in Short Bowel Syndrome Patients
   Scientific article about incidence and treatment of hypomagnesemia in patients with small bowel resection.
   http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802000000600004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en

» Seth's Story
   Seth was born at 32.5 weeks gestation with the majority of his intestines exposed. The exposed intestine was also gangrenous, thus he lost most of his small intestine.
   http://sethsstory.homestead.com/

» Short Bowel Syndrome
   Description and information about diagnosis, etiology and physiology.
   http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Short_bowel_syndrome?open

» Zorbtive [somatropin (rDNA origin) for injection]
   Information about the use of somatropin (rDNA origin) in a damaged or resected short intestine. Patient handbook available.[PDF format]
   http://www.zorbtive.com

» eMedicine: Short Bowel Syndrome
   Etiology, history, physiology, evolution, dietary, medical and surgical treatment of this illness in the childhood.
   http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2088.htm