Early Parenteral Nutrition in Patients with Biliopancreatic Mass Lesions, a Prospective, Randomized Intervention Trial.

PURPOSE:Patients with biliopancreatic tumors frequently suffer from weight loss and cachexia. The in-hospital work-up to differentiate between benign and malignant biliopancreatic lesions requires repeated pre-interventional fasting periods that can aggravate this problem. We conducted a randomized...

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Main Authors: Janine Krüger, Peter J Meffert, Lena J Vogt, Simone Gärtner, Antje Steveling, Matthias Kraft, Julia Mayerle, Markus M Lerch, Ali A Aghdassi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5115751?pdf=render