Nutritional support at the end of life

Nutrition
Ylva Orrevall

Abstract

For patients with cancer at the end of life the goal of nutritional care is to optimize quality of life and comfort. Food and drink should be served as requested by the patient but without exerting pressure. For patients who have developed cachexia and are potentially candidates to receive artificial nutrition, discussions between the patient, family and health care team are needed to set the goals of nutritional care, considering both the risk of adverse effects of the treatment and ethical issues. The premise for a benefit from parenteral nutrition is that survival of the tumor spread exceeds that of starvation (usually by about 2-3 months).

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Citations

May 2, 2017·European Journal of Cancer : Official Journal for European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) [and] European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)·Emmanuelle KempfLucas Morin
Mar 5, 2016·Nutrition in Clinical Practice : Official Publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition·Albert Barrocas
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Jul 11, 2021·Nutrition in Clinical Practice : Official Publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition·Emanuelly Varea Maria WiegertLivia Costa de Oliveira
Nov 25, 2021·Praxis·Sebastian M Christ, David Blum

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