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A Clinical Trial Assessing the Safety, Efficacy, and Delivery of Olive-Oil-Based Three-Chamber Bags for Parenteral Nutrition
Published on: September 20, 2019
[A case report of the difficulty treating an endstage oncologic ENT patient with parenteral nutrition]
Ulrike Uxa-Benold1, Ralph Simanek, Annette Henry
15.Medizinische Abteilung mit Onkologie und Palliativstation, Krankenhaus Hietzing, Wolkersbergenstrasse 1, 1130, Wien, Österreich, ulrike.benold@wienkav.at.
Abstract:
The occurrence of cachexia at the end of life of patients suffering from cancer is a common seen problem. Within the last years new definitions, diagnostic criteria and classification systems of cachexia have been developed to improve the clinical practice. Still therapeutic interventions are limited; the role of parenteral nutrition (PN) remains controversial. PN cannot be generally recommended in patients with incurable malignancies, not even in ill-nourished patients with inadequate oral or enteral nutrition due to a changed metabolism. Treating a cachectic endstage patient suffering from head-neck-cancer we were faced with different problems.
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