A randomised controlled trial of six weeks of home enteral nutrition versus standard care after oesophagectomy or total gastrectomy for cancer: Report on a pilot and feasibility study

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bowrey, David J ^a   Baker, Melanie ^a   Halliday, Vanessa ^b   Thomas, Anne L ^c   Pulikottil Jacob, Ruth ^d   Smith, Karen ^c   Morris, Tom ^c   Ring, Arne ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ENTERIC FEEDING; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; JEJUNOSTOMY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOTAL STOMACH RESECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CAREGIVER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENGLAND; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL JUNCTION; HOME CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; JEJUNOSTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84947777442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-1053-y     Document Type: Article

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