Interní Med. 2011; 13(1): 35-37
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease often suffer from malnutrition and its complications as micronutrient and vitamin deficiency.
Options of nutritional support include dietary counseling and support, enteral and parenteral nutrition. Enteral nutrition influences the
inflammatory processes, can bring the diseases to remission, treats malnutrition and lacks common side effects of medicaments. Parenteral
nutrition has its main role in cases of intestinal failure. Aims of nutritional support are prevention and treatment of malnutrition.
Published: January 14, 2011 Show citation