Is fasting beneficial for hospitalized patients with inflammatory bowel diseases?
Background/Aims Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are usually hospitalized because of aggravated gastrointestinal symptoms. Many clinicians empirically advise these patients to fast once they are admitted. However, there has been no evidence that maintaining a complete bowel rest improv...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases
2020-01-01
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Series: | Intestinal Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.irjournal.org/upload/pdf/ir-2019-00055.pdf |