Non-surgical oncology – Guidelines on Parenteral Nutrition, Chapter 19

Reduced nutritional state is associated with unfavourable outcomes and a lower quality of life in patients with malignancies. Patients with active tumour disease frequently have insufficient food intake. The resting energy expenditure in cancer patients can be increased, decreased, or remain unchang...

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Main Authors: Zander, A., Shang, E., Schmid, I., Hug, M., Fietkau, R., Dossett, A., Zuercher, G., Arends, J., Working group for developing the guidelines for parenteral nutrition of The German Association for Nutritional Medicine
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2009-11-01
Series:GMS German Medical Science
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Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/gms/2009-7/000068.shtml