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ArticleJournal of neuromuscular diseases2023

Indications for Tube Feeding in Adults with Muscular Disorders: A Scoping Review.

Marloes Middelink, Nicol C Voermans, Baziel G M van Engelen, Mirian C H Janssen, Jan T Groothuis, Simone Knuijt, Heidi Zweers-van Essen

Open access · hybridAbstract readScoping Review
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Article in Journal of neuromuscular diseases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Marloes MiddelinkDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology - Dietetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Nicol C VoermansDepartment of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Baziel G M van EngelenDepartment of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Mirian C H JanssenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Jan T GroothuisDepartment of Rehabilitation, Donders Centre for Brain Cognition and behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Simone KnuijtDepartment of Rehabilitation, Donders Centre for Brain Cognition and behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Heidi Zweers-van EssenDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology - Dietetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Radboud University Medical Center · NLRadboud University Nijmegen · NLUniversity Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEating an adequate diet and maintaining a healthy body weight can be challenging for patients with muscular disorders (MD). Starting tube feeding can have a positive impact on nutritional status, functioning and quality of life. Guidelines on when to start tube feeding in adults with MD are lacking.

objectiveWe aim to review the scientific literature on indications to start tube feeding in adults with facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD), inclusion body myositis (IBM), muscular dystrophy type 1 (DM1), oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) and congenital myopathies.

methodsThis scoping review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines. Relevant studies were identified in Pubmed, Embase and Cinahl (April 2022). The medical subject headings (MeSH) and text words used were related to FSHD, IBM, DM1, OPMD or congenital myopathies and dysphagia, enteral nutrition or malnutrition.

resultsOf 1046 unique articles, 9 case reports and 2 retrospective case series were included. Indications to start tube feeding were dysphagia, malnutrition/weight loss and respiratory infections (due to aspiration). Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes were used most often and complications were respiratory failure, problems with the tube itself, accidental tube removal, cutaneous symptoms, digestive symptoms, and peritonitis.

conclusionData on tube feeding in MD is scarce. Indications to start tube feeding were similar across the various MD. We call for more research in this field and suggest to include screening for dysphagia, aspiration and malnutrition in for the treatment of various MD.

Indexed as

Deglutition DisordersMalnutritionMuscular DiseasesMuscular Dystrophy, FacioscapulohumeralAdultEnteral NutritionHumansQuality of LifeRetrospective StudiesaspirationcongenitaldysphagiaEnteral nutritioninclusion bodymalnutritionmuscular dystrophiesmyopathiesmyositispneumoniastructuralweight loss

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PMID37483025
PMCPMC10578233
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