Nasogastric tube feedings in children with high-risk cancer: A pilot study

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-114

  Pietsch, John B ^a,b   Ford, Connie ^a   Whitlock, James A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Chemotherapy; Child Enteral nutrition; Glutamine; Neoplasm; Parenteral nutrition

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; VIVONEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST CONTROL; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TUBE FEEDING; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST CONTROL; ENTERAL NUTRITION; GLUTAMINE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK; STOMATITIS; TENNESSEE; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; VOMITING;

EID: 0033496914     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-199903000-00006     Document Type: Article

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