Brazilian Guidelines for Nutrition in Cystic Fibrosis
Lenycia de Cassya Lopes Neri1, Miriam Isabel Souza Dos Santos Simon2, Valéria Laguna Salomão Ambrósio3
1Instituto da Criança, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Objective:
To develop a scientific consensus on nutrition in cystic fibrosis.
Methods:
Sixteen coordinators elaborated relevant questions on nutritional therapy in cystic fibrosis, which were divided into six sections: nutritional assessment, nutritional recommendations, nutritional intervention, dietary counseling, special situations and enzyme replacement, and gastrointestinal manifestations. Two to three specialists in the field were responsible for each section and obtaining answers formulated based on standardized bibliographic searches. The available literature was searched in the PubMed®/MEDLINE database, after training and standardization of search strategies, to write the best level of evidence for the questions elaborated. Issues related to disagreement were discussed until a consensus was reached among specialists, based on the current scientific literature.
Results:
Forty-two questions were prepared and objectively answered, resulting in a consensus of nutritional therapy in cystic fibrosis.
Conclusion:
This work enabled establishing a scientific consensus for nutritional treatment of cystic fibrosis patients.
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