[II BAXTER-SENPE workshop: peripheral parenteral nutrition].

During the II BAXTER-SENPE workshop, a multidisciplinary nutrition expert committee discusses on indications, advantages and drawbacks of Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition (PPN), being defined as PN compounded by the three essential elements, vitamins, and minerals. Its composition implies a CH: lipids ratio of 60:40, a limited lipid daily intake (1.3 g/kg of body weight/day) and no more than 30% of total calories), and a nitrogen load not higher than 10 g of nitrogen in a maximum volume of 2500 mL.

N-3 fatty acids, cancer and cachexia: a systematic review of the literature.

Use of n-3 fatty acids (FA) has been reported to be beneficial for cancer patients. We performed a systematic review of the literature in order to issue recommendations on the clinical use of n-3 FA in the cancer setting. A systematic search was performed in MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane and Healthstar databases.

Practical aspects of peripheral parenteral nutrition.

Purpose Of Review: The purpose of this review is to provide an update on the advantages and disadvantages of using peripheral parenteral nutrition, including the techniques, indications and results.

Recent Findings: The new catheters, together with a better knowledge of intermediate metabolism, permit the use of peripheral parenteral nutrition in many clinical situations during short periods of time.

Summary: Peripheral parenteral nutrition is an alternative to total parenteral nutrition, and is a complement to enteral nutrition and the oral route.

Clinical evidence for enteral nutritional support with glutamine: a systematic review.

Objective: The purpose of this systematic review was to locate and assess the quality of scientific evidence to establish a graded recommendation based on the effectiveness of glutamine-enriched enteral nutrition in different medical and surgical conditions. We were concerned with the following topics: 1) benefits of enteral administration of glutamine in different pathologic conditions, and 2) dose, duration, and time of initiation of glutamine-enriched diets.

Methods: The sources consulted for the search were MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Healthstar and HSTAT.