{"title":"Providing nutritional support for patients during cancer treatment.","authors":"Lisa Shipway","doi":"10.7748/paed2010.05.22.4.20.c7737","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Children and young people with cancer often experience a diminished oral intake and exhibit subsequent weight loss and poor nutrition as a result of the side effects of treatments. This article studies the case of a five-year-old boy who developed nutritional problems to demonstrate the need for clear and systematic guidelines and protocols for nurses and health professionals to make uniform decisions in the management of such situations.</p>","PeriodicalId":79363,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric nursing","volume":"22 4","pages":"20-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2010-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.7748/paed2010.05.22.4.20.c7737","citationCount":"8","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Paediatric nursing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.7748/paed2010.05.22.4.20.c7737","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Children and young people with cancer often experience a diminished oral intake and exhibit subsequent weight loss and poor nutrition as a result of the side effects of treatments. This article studies the case of a five-year-old boy who developed nutritional problems to demonstrate the need for clear and systematic guidelines and protocols for nurses and health professionals to make uniform decisions in the management of such situations.