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Revista Colombiana de Cancerología

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Abstract

MERCHAN CHAVERRA, Ricardo Alonso; GAMBA RINCON, Magda Rocío  and  LOPEZ DAZA, David Fernando. Nutritional support follow-up protocol in the hospitalised adult oncology patient. rev.colomb.cancerol. [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.3, pp.133-149. ISSN 0123-9015.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rccan.2015.06.004.

Objective: To propose a nutritional support follow-up protocol for the hospitalised adult oncology patient. Methods: The methodology used for the development of this work was the non-formal consensus of experts, taking into account the following steps: a) selection of the panel of experts, b) defining the scope of the protocol, c) search and selection of literature, d) selection of indicators of nutritional monitoring, e) development of a proposal, and f) discussion of results with the panel of experts. Results: The nutritional support follow-up protocol was developed by implementing the methodology, which includes five major groups of indicators: a) nutrition, b) anthropometric, c) gastrointestinal tolerance, d) pathways and clinical condition, and e) laboratory tests. Conclusion: Important agreements were achieved by the present non-formal consensus in order to propose a nutritional support follow-up protocol of the hospitalised adult oncology. In addition, the adoption of this proposed protocol will help to decrease variability in institutional clinical practice, leading to a proper nutritional support in cancer patients requiring specialised nutritional support.

Keywords : Consensus conferences; Clinical protocols; Enteral nutrition; Parenteral nutrition.

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