title: Parenteral nutrition in the elderly cancer patient.
abstract: Parenteral nutrition may be considered when oral intake and/or enteral nutrition are not sufficient to maintain nutritional status and the patient is likely to die sooner from starvation than from the cancer. A detailed assessment should be made prior to the decision about whether parenteral nutrition should be started. A follow up plan should be documented with objective and patient centred treatment goals as well as specific time points for evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. Electronic address: Ylva.orrevall@ki.se.
authors.forename: Ylva
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Orrevall
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total
keywords: Artificial nutrition; Elderly; Nutritional support; Oncology; Parenteral nutrition