Perioperative enteral nutrition and quality of life of severely malnourished head and neck cancer patients: A randomized clinical trial

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 437-444

  Van Bokhorst De Van Der Schueren, M A E ^a   Langendoen, S I ^b   Vondeling, H ^c   Kuik, D J ^d   Quak, J J ^a   Van Leeuwen, P A M ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Malnutrition; Perioperative nutrition; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CASEIN; NITROGEN; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPNEA; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE FEEDING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0033669639     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/clnu.2000.0148     Document Type: Article

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