Common use of Exclusion Criteria Clause in Contracts

Exclusion Criteria. 1. The resection of the ileocecal valve is an exclusion criterion because of its association with extensive bowel resection and therefore prolonged parenteral nutrition [10] 2. Colostomy 3. Patients with small bowel atresia are excluded because of prenatally underdeveloped bowel distal to the atresia 4. Multiple ostomies (more than just an enterostomy and a mucous fistula) 5. Patients with chromosomal abnormalities (if known at the time of randomization) are excluded because of potential malabsorption and malnutrition due to an underlying syndrome. 6. Hirschsprung disease secondary exclusion 7. Participation in another drug-intervention study

Exclusion Criteria. 1. The resection of the ileocecal valve is an exclusion criterion because of its association with extensive bowel resection and therefore prolonged parenteral nutrition [10] 2. Colostomy 3. Patients with small bowel atresia are excluded because of prenatally underdeveloped bowel distal to the atresia 4. Multiple ostomies (more than just an enterostomy and a mucous fistula) 5. Patients with chromosomal abnormalities (if known at the time of randomization) are excluded because of potential malabsorption and malnutrition due to an underlying syndrome. 6. Hirschsprung disease secondary exclusion exclusion 7. Participation in another drug-intervention study The application of prokinetic drugs is not allowed throughout the study especially after enterostomy closure. Reoperation (e.g. relaparotomy) prior to randomization is not an exclusion criterion, these patients may still be included in the study.