Enteral Nutritional Support of Patients With GI Cancer: Is it of Benefit? Questions and Dilemmas
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: There are consensus statements and guidelines from ASPEN and ESPEN recommending that the use of perioperative artificial nutrition should only be deserved in a subset of surgical patients who have an increased likelihood of developing postoperative complications, that is patients with weight loss=/>10% of their usual body weight, or those who have very low BMI or exhibit inflammatory activity.4-8 This subset of patients nowadays represents about 3-5% of the whole population.5,9
Source: Annals of Gastroenterology
Author: Federico Bozzetti
Language: English
Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1641554634