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What are your go-to medical management options for high ileostomy output in patients with >100 cm of remaining small bowel?

What do you recommend in refractory cases?
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Gastroenterology · Mayo Clinic
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First of all, you have to make sure that the patient's liquid intake is not composed of free water but an electrolyte solution at least 50% of the time.

  • Metamucil at night
  • Nana flakes in a milkshake at night

Medication stepwise:

  • Maximize loperamide
  • Add diphenoxylate
  • Add a PPI to reduce acid secre...

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Gastroenterology · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Short gut can lead to hypergastrinemia; so check the gastrin level and give high-dose PPI or K-channel blocker if indicated. Somatostatin might help reduce secretion; Ceralyte could boost absorption.

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