Publications by authors named "Carolline de Melo Santos"
Effects of specialised nutritional interventions in patients with incurable cancer: a systematic review.
Livia Costa de Oliveira Larissa Calixto-Lima Gabriella da Costa Cunha Naira Freire da Silva Renata de Souza-Silva Carolline de Melo Santos Daiane Almeida Dos Santos
BMJ Support Palliat Care
December 2022
Objective: To evaluate current evidence of the effect of specialised nutritional interventions on nutritional status, survival, quality of life and measures of functionality in patients with incurable cancer.
Methods: Systematic literature review according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines using PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, LILACS and Cochrane Library databases. Clinical studies that evaluated different specialised nutritional interventions, such as nutritional counselling, oral nutritional supplementation (ONS), enteral nutrition (EN) and parenteral nutrition (PN), were eligible.