Small Bowel

Transplantable Organs And Tissues - Other Organs - Small Bowel
... Small bowel transplantation (SBT) was carried out 180 times in 2009 in the United States ... Currently, approximately half are pediatric recipients ...

List Of Medical Abbreviations: S
... Rhinitis Sarc Sarcoidosis SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome SB small bowel (see small intestine) SBE subacute bacterial endocarditis SBFT small bowel follow through SBMA spinal bulbar muscular ... death SCD Sequential compression device SCD Sickle Cell Disease SCLC small cell lung cancer SCID severe combined immunodeficiency SCIWORA spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality scope ... receptor modulator SERT serotonin transporter SFA superficial femoral artery serum folic acid SGA small for gestational age SG cath Swan–Ganz catheter (see pulmonary ...

Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth Syndrome - Clinical Presentation
... of bacteria which either metabolize nutrients or cause inflammation of the small bowel impairing absorption ... blood cells are absorbed in the affected small bowel ... Iron is absorbed in the more proximal parts of the small bowel, the duodenum and jejunum, and patients with malabsorption of iron can develop a microcytic anemia, with small red blood cells ...

Small Bowel Follow-through
... A small-bowel follow-through, also called small-bowel series, is a radiologic examination of the small intestine from the distal duodenum/duodenojejunal junction to the ileocecal valve ... An X-ray examination of the most proximal small bowel (duodenum) is typically done together with an examination of the esophagus and stomach and is ...