Resultados da implantação de um algoritmo para terapia nutricional enteral em crianças e adolescentes com câncer

• Autor(a) principal: Garófolo, Adriana [UNIFESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Maia-Lemos, Priscila dos Santos [UNIFESP], Petrilli, Antonio Sergio [UNIFESP], Ancona-Lopez, Fábio [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• Texto Completo: https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1415-52732010000500003; https://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/5965
• topic: Algorithm; Neoplasms; Enteral nutrition; Nutritional support; Algoritmo; Neoplasias; Nutrição enteral; Terapia nutricional

Objective This study aimed to describe the algorithm and the global results after its implementation. Methods This was a randomized clinical trial done with malnourished cancer patients. Follow-up followed an algorithm and patients with mild malnutrition were randomized to receive store-bought or homemade oral supplementation. The patients were reassessed after three, eight and twelve weeks. Depending on how the group supplemented with store-bought supplements responded, the supplementation was either continued orally, by tube-feeding or discontinued. The group receiving homemade supplementation either continued on it if the response was positive or received store-bought oral supplementation if the response was negative. The severely malnourished patients either received store-bought supplementation by feeding tube or orally, or it was discontinued if an adequate nutritional status was reached. The patients' responses to supplementation were determined by weight-for-height Z-scores, body mass indices, triceps skinfold thicknesses and circumferences. Results One hundred and seventeen out of 141 patients completed the first three weeks; 58 were severely malnourished and 59 were mildly malnourished. The nutritional status of 41% of the severely malnourished patients and 97% of the mildly malnourished patients receiving store-bought supplement orally improved. The nutritional status of 77% of the mildly malnourished patients receiving homemade supplement orally also improved. Of the 117 patients, 42 had to be tube-fed; of these, 23 accepted and 19 refused tube feeding and continued taking store-bought supplement orally. Consumption of store-bought supplement was higher in tube-fed patients than in orally-fed patients. Consumption also increased as orally-fed patients became tube-fed. Store-bought supplements given by tube improved nutritional status, showing a positive association between duration of tube feeding and nutritional status. Conclusion Store-bought oral supplements improved the nutrient intake of malnourished patients, especially those who were mildly malnourished. The results also suggest that store-bought supplements given by tube improve nutritional status, especially as duration of tube feeding increases.