Abstract:Nutrition support is essential in children with cancer, including those
undergoing bone marrow transplant (BMT), to reduce the risk of
malnutrition and associated deleterious outcomes. Enteral nutrition is
more commonly provided via nasogastric than gastrostomy tubes due to
safety concerns with the latter in immunocompromised children. This
systematic review investigated the incidence and type of complications
and outcomes in pediatric cancer patients fed by gastrostomy. Across
studies, 54.6% of children devel… Show more
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