SynthesisThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2008
Medically assisted nutrition for palliative care in adult patients.
Synthesis in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.
- Enteral Nutrition by Nasogastric Tube in Adult Patients under Palliative Care: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Medically assisted nutrition for adult palliative care patients.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Impact of palliative care at end-of-life Covid-19 patients - a small-scale pioneering experience.BMC palliative care · 2024Article
- Nurse and Nursing Students´ Opinions and Perceptions of Enteral Nutrition by Nasogastric Tube in Palliative Care.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Brazilian Nutritional Consensus in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Elderly.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2019Article
- End-of-life care in patients with advanced lung cancer.Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease · 2016Review
- Nephrologist-Facilitated Advance Care Planning for Hemodialysis Patients: A Quality Improvement Project.American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2016Article
- Current debates on end-of-life sedation: an international expert elicitation study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2014Article
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- Oral glutamine supplement inhibits ascites formation in peritoneal carcinomatosis mouse model.Gastroenterology research and practice · 2013Article
- [Enteral feeding tubes for critically ill patients].Der Anaesthesist · 2011Review
- Ethical and legal issues in end-of-life care.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2010Article
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundMany palliative care patients have a reduced oral intake during their illness. The management of this can include the provision of medically assisted nutrition with the aim of prolonging the length of life of a patient, improving their quality of life, or both.
objectivesTo determine the effect of medically assisted nutrition on the quality and length of life of palliative care patients. SEARCH STRATEGY: Studies were identified from searching The Cochrane Library, MEDLINE (1966 to 2008), EMBASE (1980 to 2008), CINAHL, CANCERLIT, Caresearch, Dissertation abstracts, SCIENCE CITATION INDEX and the reference lists of all eligible trials, key textbooks, and previous systematic reviews. The date of the latest search was July 2008. SELECTION CRITERIA: All relevant randomised controlled trials (RCTs) or prospective controlled trials (if no RCTs were found). DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: There were no RCTs or prospectively controlled trials found that met the inclusion criteria. MAIN
resultsThere were four prospective non-controlled trials (including one qualitative study) that studied medically assisted nutrition in palliative care participants, and one Cochrane systematic review (on Motor Neurone disease), but no RCTs or prospective controlled studies. AUTHORS'
conclusionsThere are insufficient good quality trials to make any recommendations for practice with regards to the use of medically assisted nutrition in palliative care patients.
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