ArticleCancer medicine2020
Use of artificial nutrition near the end of life: Results from a French national population-based study of hospitalized cancer patients.
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- A Review on the Management of Symptoms in Patients with Incurable Cancer.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Review
- The use of artificial nutrition at the end-of-life: a cross-sectional survey exploring the beliefs and decision-making among physicians and nurses.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Routine laboratory parameters to support decision on parenteral nutrition in palliative care.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Kidney Function Worsening Is Linked to Parenteral-Nutrition-Dependent Survival in Palliative Care Patients.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Palliative and high-intensity end-of-life care in schizophrenia patients with lung cancer: results from a French national population-based study.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2021Article
- Effectiveness of two types of palliative home care in cancer and non-cancer patients: A retrospective population-based study using claims data.Palliative medicine · 2021Article
- End of life breast cancer care in women with severe mental illnesses.Scientific reports · 2021Observational
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- Use of artificial nutrition near the end of life: Results from a French national population-based study of hospitalized cancer patients.Cancer medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe use of artificial nutrition, defined as a medical treatment that allows a non-oral mechanical feeding, for cancer patients with limited life expectancy is deemed nonbeneficial. High-quality evidence about the use of artificial nutrition near the end of life is lacking. This study aimed (a) to quantify the use of artificial nutrition near the end-of-life, and (b) to identify the factors associated with the use of artificial nutrition.
methodsThis was a retrospective cohort study of decedents based on data from the French national hospital database. The study population included adult cancer patients who died in hospitals in France between 2013 and 2016 and defined to be in a palliative condition. Use of artificial nutrition during the last 7 days before death was the primary endpoint.
resultsA total of 398 822 patients were included. The median duration of the last hospital stay was 10 (interquartile range, 4-21) days. The artificial nutrition was used for 11 723 (2.9%) during the last 7 days before death. Being a man, younger, having digestive cancers, metastasis, comorbidities, malnutrition, absence of dementia, and palliative care use were the main factors associated to the use of artificial nutrition.
conclusionThis study indicates that the use of artificial nutrition near the end of life is in keeping with current clinical guidelines. The identification of factors associated with the use of artificial nutrition, such as cancer localization, presence of comorbidities or specific symptoms, may help to better manage its use.
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