Enteral nutrition is feasible in pediatric stem cell transplantation patients |
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| Authors: | Derya Hopanci Bicakli Msc RD Medine C. Yilmaz PhD RN Serap Aksoylar MD Mehmet Kantar MD Nazan Cetingul MD Savas Kansoy MD |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Division of Nutrition, Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Ege University School of Medicine, IZMIR, Turkey;2. Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Ege University School of Medicine, and Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, IZMIR, Turkey;3. Division of Pediatric Oncology, Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Ege University School of Medicine, IZMIR, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | We aimed to demonstrate whether enteral nutrition (EN) is feasible in daily practice of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).Nutritional records of 100 patients were evaluated. Patients with poor oral intake were fed by EN with tube. A total of 79 patients required nutritional support. Of them, 71 were fed by EN only. Five were fed by EN plus parenteral nutrition (PN),three were fed by PN only. Median duration of EN was 21 days. In the EN only group, 68% gained or maintained their weight. EN should be considered as a feasible option for nutrition support in children undergoing HSCT. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2012; 59: 1327–1329. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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| Keywords: | nutrition tube feeding stem cell transplantation children |
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