Enteral glucose-polymer-electrolyte solution in the treatment of chronic fluid and electrolyte depletion in short-bowel syndrome.

A 55-year-old woman with extensive small-bowel resection and total colectomy complicated by chronic fluid and electrolyte depletion, achieved fluid and electrolyte homeostasis using a glucose-polymer-electrolyte solution. This is probably due to a solvent drag mechanism in the jejunum, in which nutrients such as glucose or aminoacids promote the passive absorption of electrolytes and water.