n-3 PUFAs in cancer, surgery, and critical care: A systematic review on clinical effects, incorporation, and washout of oral or enteral compared with parenteral supplementation

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1248-1265

  Van Der Meij, Barbara S ^a   Van Bokhorst De Van Der Schueren, Marian A E ^a   Langius, Jacqueline A E ^a   Brouwer, Ingeborg A ^b   Van Leeuwen, Paul A M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONSENSUS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMBASE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LARYNX CANCER; LENGTH OF STAY; LIPID METABOLISM; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; MOUTH CANCER; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; THERAPY EFFECT; THORAX SURGERY;

ADULT; CRITICAL CARE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 80054912629     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.007377     Document Type: Review

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