ArticleNutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition2022
Blenderized food tube feeding in patients with head and neck cancer.
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- The effect of blended tube feeding compared to conventional formula on clinical outcomes in adults: A systematic review.Nutrition & dietetics : the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia · 2026Pooled it
- From Ancient Enemas to Tube Feeding, II: Clinical Outcomes and Future Directions Surrounding Commercial Versus Food-Based Formulas in Critical Illness.American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses · 2025Review
- The Effect of Hospital-Based Liquid Diet and Commercial Formulas on Laboratory Parameters and Postoperative Complications in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Blenderized food tube feeding in patients with head and neck cancer.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatients with headand neck cancer (HNC) are at high risk for malnutrition before and during chemoradiation treatment. Many will also require tube feeding to address declines in energy intake, weight, and quality of life (QOL) caused by the impact of treatment on gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms. Blenderized tube feeding (BTF) may ameliorate these adverse conditions.
methodsIn this open-label, prospective pilot study, 30 patients with HNC who required feeding tube placement were recruited to switch from standard commercial formula after 2 weeks to a commercially prepared BTF formula. Weight, body mass index (BMI), GI symptoms, and QOL scores were tracked for 6 weeks from the first week of feeding tube placement.
resultsOf the 16 patients who completed the 6-week assessment period, weights and BMI scores for 15 patients trended upward. For most patients, QOL and oral intake increased and GI symptoms decreased over the 6-week period, particularly during weeks 3 and 4, when the impact of treatment is particularly exacting on patients with HNC.
conclusionBTF effectively mitigated weight loss, GI symptoms, QOL scores, and total energy intake in this group of patients with HNC who received tube feeding for 6 weeks.
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