Abstract

NOGUERA, Dalmacia et al. Evaluación de la eficacia del soporte nutricional enteral: En niños con leucemia linfocítica aguda de bajo riesgo. Rev. venez. oncol. [online]. 2005, vol.17, n.1, pp.25-33. ISSN 0798-0582.

OBJECTIVES: The malnutrition is a problem in children with cancer. In this work we evaluated the efficacy of nutritional support planed by the Nutrition, Growth and Development Service in the Hospital “J M de Los Rios” in patients with low risk acute lymphocyte leukemia. METHODS: Across the prospective, controlled, comparative and randomized study realized from May to September of the year 2001, witch we included 16 children over three years old and both sexes. The integral nutrition evaluation was performed each of them at the beginning and end of the study complying two groups: control group (exclusively diet) and experimental group (diet with supplement with polymeric formula). RESULTS: No significance statistics difference between both groups (P> 0.005) for every one of study variables, how ever found one (P< 0.05) for each group at the begin and the end of the study. CONCLUSIONS: The polymeric formula was well tolerated. The patients improve the nutritional status and quality of life, getting good tolerance for the anti-neoplasics.

Keywords : Leukemia; children; treatment; nutritional support; polymeric formula; chemotherapy.